Hanoi (VNA) – A team of fivestudents from Hanoi have obtained four medals, including a gold, at the 12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) held in Beijing,China, from November 3 to 11.
The result helped the Vietnamese team tosecure the 10th place among 39 participating countries and regions.
The gold medal went to 12th grader Tran Xuan Tung while 11th grader Ho Phi Dung bagged onesilver medal. Le Tran Dao and Nguyen To Vinh Huy, 12th graders, won twobronze medals.
All the four medal winners are from theHanoi - Amsterdam High School for The Gifted.
This is the third time Vietnam has takenpart in the competition.
On November 11, Vietnamese Ambassador toChina Dang Minh Khoi received the team, congratulating them on theirachievements.
The IOAA is an annual event for highlyperformed high school students from all around the world. Established inThailand 2006, it was a joint initiative of five countries - Thailand,Indonesia, Iran, China and Poland, with the aim to popularise astronomy amonghigh school students and to foster friendship and cooperation among youngastronomers at international level.-VNA