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Vietnam wins big at Southeast Asian Mathematical Olympiad

All 20 Vietnamese students put in excellent displays to win medals at the Southeast Asian Mathematical Olympiad (SEAMO) which was held from January 19 to January 22 in Singapore.

All 20 Vietnamese students put in excellent displays to win medals at the Southeast Asian Mathematical Olympiad (SEAMO) which was held from January 19 to January 22 in Singapore.

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Tran Lam Dao successfully claims the LEGENDARY prize which honours winners who won gold medals for three consecutive years. (Photo: cand.com.vn)

According to the results, the group brought home two golds, two silvers, three bronzes, 12 consolation prizes, and one Open Division prize.

Of them, two gold medals went to Tran Lam Dao of Kim Lien Primary School in Hanoi and Huynh Huy Hoang of Nguyen Thai Binh High School in the southern province of Ca Mau.

The two silver medalists were Pham Duc Phat of Viet Anh Primary & Secondary School in the northern province of Hai Phong and Hoang Tuan Kiet of Gia Phuong Secondary School in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Elsewhere, Tran Hoang Quan of Quang Trung Primary School in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, Nguyen Hung Minh of Ngo Si Lien Secondary School in Hanoi, and Ta Le Quoc Bao of Nguyen Tri Phuong Secondary School in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue won bronze medals.

Most notably, Tran Lam Dao successfully claimed the LEGENDARY prize which honoured winners who won gold medals for three consecutive years.

SEAMO is a global assessment of English Math competency for students from Primary to High School run by the SEAMO International Organizing Committee.

The exam is well-known all over the world. It is held annually in many countries, worldwide, including Australia, Hong Kong (China), India, Italy, Norway, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the United States.