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Dec 05, 2016 / 12:10

Honouring outstanding students at national, international exams

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended at recent ceremony in Hanoi to praise the outstanding students who made high achievements at national, regional and international exams.

 
 Student Dinh Thi Huong Thao from the Le Hong Phong High School for Gifted Students was awarded the Labour Order, third class.
Student Dinh Thi Huong Thao from the Le Hong Phong High School for Gifted Students was awarded the Labour Order, third class.
Speaking at the ceremony in Hanoi on December 3 to honour nearly 40 outstanding students who made high achievements at national, regional and international exams, Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his admiration for those living in difficult circumstances or remote and far-flung areas.
The ceremony aims to honour the achievements made by the students and their teachers while raising students’ responsibility for the country’s educational reform as well as national development.
The PM also hailed the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) for its changes in training methods, contributing to improving Vietnam’s performance at regional and international competitions. 
PM Phuc suggested the ministry make more comprehensive changes, especially higher education models, in order to train world-renowned engineers, technicians and men of culture. 

 
Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the outstanding students
Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the outstanding students
The Government leader urged them to make greater efforts to drive the country to the fourth industrial revolution. 
According to MoET Minister Phung Xuan Nha, 27 out of 28 students of seven Vietnamese teams to regional and international physics, chemistry, biology, math and computer Olympiads in 2016 won prizes. 
Twelve Vietnamese students were also sent to the International Conference on Research in Science and Technology, the minister said. 
He said Vietnam has shown the higher sense of responsibility for Olympiads through hosting the 27 International Biology Olympiad with the participation of 252 students from 68 countries and territories.  
On the occasion, three the best students who won the gold medals at the international exams for two consecutive years were awarded the Labour Order, third class, including Dinh Thi Huong Thao from the Le Hong Phong High School for Gifted Students in the northern province of Nam Dinh; Vu Xuan Trung from the Thai Binh High School for Gifted Students in the northern province of Thai Binh and Phan Duc Nhat Minh from the High School for Gifted Students of the Hanoi National University.
Meanwhile, the best five students at national exams were praised from the Phan Boi Chau High School for Gifted Students in the central province of Nghe An, the High School for Gifted Students of the Hanoi National University, the Le Hong Phong High School for Gifted Students in the northern province of Nam Dinh and the Pham Van Dong High School in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.