Vietnamese students win four bronze medals at Asia-Pacific.

The bronze medalists include Phan The Manh and Nguyen Tuan Phong, 12th graders from Bac Ninh High School for the Gifted in Bac Ninh province; Vo Hoang Hai, 11th grader from the High School for Gifted Students of the University of Natural Sciences under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi; and Than The Cong, 11th grader from the Bac Giang High School for the Gifted in Bac Giang province.

Four others who received certificates of merit are Vu Ngo Hoang Duong from the High School for Gifted Students of the University of Natural Sciences under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi; Nguyen Minh Tai Loc from the Quoc Hoc Hue High School for the Gifted in Thua Thien Hue province; Le Viet Hoang Anh from the Lam Son High School for the Gifted in Thanh Hoa Province; and Nguyen Tuan Duong from the Tran Phu High School for the Gifted in Hai Phong city. All of them are 12th graders.

The competition attracted 26 teams from 25 countries and territories with 195 contestants. The Vietnamese delegation was one of seven teams with 100% of the students winning the prize.

The 2023 Asia-Pacific Physics Olympiad was held in Mongolia from May 21-29. Students took theoretical and practical tests, which totaled 300 minutes each.

Thanh Hung