The 27th International Biology Olympiad wrapped up on Jul. 23 in Hanoi after a week with numerous activities.
At the closing ceremony, the organising board presented 26 gold medals, 51 silvers and 74 bronzes.
All members of Vietnam team won medals. The only gold medal of the Vietnam delegation went to Vu Thi Chinh, from the gifted school of Natural Science under Vietnam National University, Hanoi. One of 2 bronzes went to Nguyen Ngoc Minh Hai, from Ha Long High School for the Gifted. He is the second Quang Ninh's student to win medal at International Olympiad competition. The first one was Vi Anh Tuan, who won silver medal at the International Chemistry Olympiad in 1998.
The International Biology Olympiad (IBO) was founded in 1989 and first held in Olomouc, Czech Republic in July 1990. This international competition is for teams of four students who are winners of the National Biology Olympiads (NBO) and have not yet to declare matriculation at a tertiary institution. Individual competitors would sit for an intensive examination with problem sets on theories and experiments. Their merits in attempting to solve these problems are awarded with gold, silver, bronze medals or honorable mentions according to their level of achievement.
Article by Minh Ha
