Student from Nghe An province wins runner-up title in 'Elegant Student' contest
Surpassing dozens of candidates from many universities and colleges nationwide, student Nguyen Tung Son from Thanh Chuong district excellently won the title of Runner-up in the final night of the "Elegant Student" contest that recently took place in Hanoi.
The event that attracted young people ended a few days ago, but Tung Son is still emotional when he became the 1st runner-up ofElegant Student Contest 2024(organized by the Central Agencies' Delegation in coordination with the Vietnam Women's Academy).
The Final Night of the competition had the participation of 22 best candidates selected from more than 200 applications from more than 40 universities and colleges across the country. The Final Round brought an impressive competition night. The candidates are typical representatives of the beauty, intelligence and talent of students.
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At the Final Night, the contestants went through many exciting competitions, such as ensemble performance, greeting, sportswear performance, ao dai, evening gown, behavior...
In the end, Tung Son won the title of First Runner-up, becoming one of three male students with the highest achievement in the contest, along with the King from Hanoi University of Science and Technology and the Second Runner-up from Da Nang University of Architecture. In addition to the title of First Runner-up, Tung Son also won the award for "Contestant with the most beautiful sportswear".
Sharing his joy after the contest, Tung Son said: “When I became the 1st Runner-up of the 2024 Elegant Student Contest, I felt happy and proud of my own tireless efforts. This title is a recognition of my efforts in a journey full of difficulties and challenges.”
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It is known that Nguyen Tung Son (21 years old) is the eldest child in a family of two brothers in Thanh Tu village, Thanh Linh commune, Thanh Chuong district. He is currently a 4th year student, Faculty of Literature, Hanoi National University of Education.
During his high school years, Tung Son won the title of "3 Good Students" at the provincial level, the third prize for excellent students in Literature, and the encouragement prize for excellent students in History in grade 12. Not only was he a good student, Tung Son was also enthusiastic in movement activities and won the third prize in the Thanh Chuong District Folk Song Festival.
As an excellent student in the province, Tung Son was admitted directly to the Literature Department, Hanoi Pedagogical University.

When Tung Son attended the final night of the Elegant Student contest, from his hometown Thanh Chuong, his father, paternal and maternal grandmothers went to Hanoi to encourage him.
Sharing his feelings when his son won a high title at the competition. Mr. Nguyen Van Duong - Tung Son's father, said: "I feel excited and proud when my son won the first runner-up position of the national "Elegant Student" competition. It was so touching to see him shine with his performances on stage."
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Tung Son is passionate about literature and always wants to ignite the love of literature in young people. As soon as he entered university, he opened his own Literature class called "Son's Team Literature Class" which he taught online and in person. In the past, many students who participated in this class achieved Valedictorian and Salutatorian status in block C in high school graduation exams.
Along with teaching, Tung Son also experiences and tries his hand at other fields such as MC, model... He once reached the top 20 of Vietnam International MC Contest; Champion of The Star Glory Model Vietnam model contest...
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As an active and enthusiastic student, Tung Son also enthusiastically participates in volunteer activities for the community such as teaching soft skills to orphans at Birla Children's Village (Hanoi), implementing a community project for special children and disabled children (a personal activity) called "Thuong"...
Sharing on his personal page, Tung Son wrote: After winning the title of New Runner-up 1 of the 2024 Elegant Student contest, I hope to inspire many young people out there: "Dare to believe in your dreams".

On his journey to the contest, Tung Son received a lot of support from many people. These were the supportive posts shared by lecturers at Hanoi National University of Education, the members of the Youth Union - Student Association of Hanoi National University of Education, the Youth Union - Association of the Faculty of Literature, and the encouragement of friends and relatives from his hometown Thanh Chuong.
Nguyen Canh Chan High School also posted a media article to support him, which made him extremely emotional.
“My journey to shine at the competition could not have been without the enthusiastic cheers from the audience. All that love is a source of encouragement for me to try and shine on the stage of the National "Elegant Student" Final and bring home the title of 1st Runner-up" - Tung Son confided.
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Talking about his upcoming plans, Tung Son said: "I will strive to fulfill and do well the role of a new runner-up. With that title, I hope that it will be a great opportunity for me to spread good values to society, to motivate people in general and young people in particular to have more spiritual strength to be confident, to break through, to dare to be passionate and pursue my passion. Besides, I will also join hands with the Organizing Committee to carry out community projects and continue the work that I have set out for myself in the past year.".