The 12th-grader Nguyễn Mạnh Quân from the Hà Nội – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted scored the highest points at the online contest. —VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Tùng

HÀ NỘI — All eight Vietnamese students who participated in the 2021 Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) have won prizes, bringing home two golds, one silver, three bronzes and two certificates of merit, reported the Ministry of Education and Training on Sunday.

Twelfth-grader Nguyễn Mạnh Quân from the Hà Nội – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted scored the highest points in the online contest, winning a gold medal and a certificate of merit from the APhO Chair. It was the first time a Vietnamese student has earned the highest score in the competition.

Trần Quang Vinh, another 12th-grader from the Hà Nội – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, also grabbed a gold. The silver medal went to Bùi Thanh Tân from Phan Bội Châu High School for the Gifted in the central province of Nghệ An.

Bronze medals were awarded to Nguyễn Trọng Thuận from the Lam Sơn High School for the Gifted in the central province of Thanh Hóa, Lê Minh Hòang from the Hà Nội University of Science (HUS)’s High School for Gifted Students, and Nguyễn Hoàng Nam from the Hà Nội – Amsterdam High School for the Gifted.

Trang Đào Công Minh from the HUS’s High School for Gifted Students and Nguyễn Đắc Tiến from the Bắc Ninh High School for the Gifted in the northern province of Bắc Ninh received certificates of merit.

Hosted by Taiwan (China), the online competition drew 23 delegations with 181 contestants.

The Vietnamese team joined the competition at the Hà Nội National University of Education from May 16-24 under the supervision of two Taiwanese overseers.

The closing ceremony in the form of a videoconference is scheduled for 12pm on Monday. — VNS