Participating for the first time, Vietnam won the Silver Prize at the Astronomy Olympiad.

The Vietnamese team has 5 contestants, one of whom won a silver medal and 4 of whom won consolation prizes at the 10th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, held in Bhubaneswar, India.

Award ceremony for the Vietnamese delegation participating in the Olympics - Photo: T.Huong

This is the most important Olympic competition in the field of Astronomy and Astrophysics for high school students, with more than 50 teams from countries across 5 continents.

Although this is the 10th competition, for Vietnam, this is the first time we have sent a team to participate.

Astronomy is still a relatively new science in Vietnam. This subject is only taught at a basic level at some universities such as Hanoi Pedagogical University and Quy Nhon University. In general schools, astronomy knowledge is only briefly mentioned in some physics or geography textbooks.

All 5 contestants on the team are 11th grade students of Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted (Hanoi).

According to TTO