Vietnamese students ready to compete in the 2016 International Biology Olympiad

The Vietnamese team has 4 contestants participating in the 2016 International Biology Olympiad. These are the students selected through two rounds of the National Excellent Student Exam.

From July 17 to 23, the 27th International Biology Olympiad will take place in Vietnam. This is also the first year Vietnam has hosted a major international competition, with the aim of discovering talents in Biology as well as helping students at home and abroad learn, exchange and share experiences in studying and scientific research.

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Van, Deputy Head of the Vietnamese delegation participating in the International Biology Olympiad, Head of the Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Science (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) said that the 27th International Biology Olympiad took place from July 17-23 with the participation of 71 delegations from countries and territories around the world. Of which, 3 delegations were observers, 68 delegations had contestants participating.

The Vietnamese team has 4 contestants participating in the 2016 International Biology Olympiad, including: Vu Thi Chinh - student of the High School for Gifted Students of Natural Sciences (Hanoi National University); Nguyen Ngoc Minh Hai - student of Ha Long High School for Gifted Students (Quang Ninh province); Nguyen Dac Hieu - student of Lam Son High School for Gifted Students (Thanh Hoa province) and Le Thi Hong Hoa - student of Hanoi - Amsterdam High School. These are the students selected through two rounds of the National Excellent Student Competition.

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Van: All 4 candidates participating in the 2016 International Biology Olympiad have certain strengths and are relatively equal in their ability to learn and acquire knowledge.

Following the direction of the Department of Testing and Education Quality Assessment (Ministry of Education and Training), to prepare for the 27th International Biology Olympiad, all contestants of the Vietnamese team were reviewed and supplemented with new knowledge, with the guidance of many teachers with expertise in many different fields of Biology at the University of Natural Sciences (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) and Hanoi National University of Education for more than 2 months.

The training content includes theory and practice, helping students gain more skills in doing theoretical exercises. Students also practice in laboratories with full modern equipment.

According to Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Van, all four contestants participating in the 2016 International Biology Olympiad have certain strengths and are relatively equal in their ability to learn and acquire knowledge. They are all diligent, hardworking, and eager to learn. These are the most excellent students who have passed many competitions for excellent students from school, provincial to national levels.

The Vietnamese team students who came to the exam had all studied intensively, so their knowledge of Biology was good. Therefore, the training and review for them focused on supplementing new knowledge, while also practicing more test-taking skills.

Increasing the practice part during the training period will help students not feel confused when taking the official exam.

Therefore, we hope that the Vietnamese student delegation participating in the 27th International Biology Olympiad will achieve the expected success./.

According to VOV