The eight Vietnamese junior high school students from Hà Nội's Giảng Võ Junior High School, who took part in the World Inventory Creativity Olympic (WICO) held in July 27-29 this year in South Korea, have bagged gold medals. VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — All three teams with eight junior high school Vietnamese students from Hà Nội's Giảng Võ Junior High School, who took part in the World Inventory Creativity Olympic (WICO), have bagged gold medals.

In the first group, Lê Tâm Trang, Đặng Đức Lương, and Nguyễn Minh Tuấn were awarded the Grand Prix Award, the highest prize of the competition, for their “Research on a model of heavy metal-contaminated water treatment using filter materials combined with microorganisms in root system”.

The winners in the second group were Nguyễn Lê Hoàng, Trần Gia Khiêm, and Vũ Hồng Phúc who were awarded for their project on “"Study on extracting biologically active substances from avocado leaves to make dietary supplements for patients with gastric ulcer caused by Helicobacter pylori".

Meanwhile, Lê Tuấn Minh and Nguyễn Bảo Vi in the third group were awarded a special prize by Thailand’s Chulalongkom University for their project on “Research on making preparations to treat household plastic waste”. The project isolated microbial strains from intestines of wax worms that eat plastic to create a preparation for microplastic treatment.

WICO is an annual competition held by the Korea University Invention Association (KUIA) and sponsored by the Republic of Korea's National Assembly. This year, the 12th WICO was held in the RoK from July 27-29 with the participation of contestants from 27 countries.

At the contest, secondary and high school students worldwide were offered the chance to present their innovations. It also encouraged creative ideas, provided new insights, accelerated creativity, improved presentation skills, and established a global network. — VNS