Vietnam continues to achieve excellent results at the International Chemistry Olympiad

SGGPO 07/25/2023 09:48

The Ministry of Education and Training said that at the 2023 International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), the Vietnamese national team had 4 students competing, winning 3 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal.

Vietnamese students compete in the 2023 International Chemistry Olympiad

3 Gold Medals went to:

- Dinh Cao Son, 12th grade student, Ha Tinh High School for the Gifted, Ha Tinh province;

- Nguyen Kim Giang, 12th grade student, Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted, Bac Ninh province;

- Nguyen Manh Khoi, 12th grade student, High School for Gifted Students in Natural Sciences , University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

Silver medals go to:

- Mai Van Duc, 12th grade student, Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Nghe An province.

The IChO 2023 competition will be hosted by Switzerland. After three years of being held online, the 55th competition will be held in person from July 16 to July 25, with the participation of 348 candidates from 89 countries and territories.

With 3 students winning Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal, the Vietnamese delegation continued to hold the top position in the IChO competition; ranked 3rd in the total number of Gold Medals; and had 2 students in the top 10 contestants with the highest scores.

This achievement continues the series of achievements that the Vietnamese delegation has achieved at the IChO competition in recent years: 4 Gold Medals in 2020; 3 Gold Medals and 1 Silver Medal in 2021; 4 Gold Medals in 2022.

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