Le Nguyen Vuong Linh has won a treasure trove of 12 gold and silver medals at the Singapore National Olympiad in the five subjects of Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Astronomy.
Linh also amassed an astonishing 44/45 points in the International Baccalaureate (IB), 2,330/2,400 points in the US’s Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT1), and 2,400/2,400 in the SAT2.
Among his many achievements, Linh has received an Outstanding Students Award in 2013 from the Singaporean Defence Minister and a full scholarship worth US$248,000 for 4 years (2014-2018) to attend Colgate University in New York.
Born in Hanoi, Linh studied at Nguyen Dinh Chieu primary school for the blind. He also reached 25.25/30 points in grade-six exam at Hanoi – Amsterdam secondary school for gifted students.
In 2006, he took part in a Gameshow “Vietnamese prodigy” and was selected as one of the five outstanding students who attended a free special maths course with well-known teacher Tran Phuong.
In 2009, Linh was gifted A*STAR scholarship at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) in Singapore. During his four-year course, he pocketed about 50 medals and certificates of merit.
He also actively joined extracurricular activities and was a member of Maths, Science, and Astronomy club’s leader board.
After graduating from university, Linh wants to become a professional chemist to combat incurable diseases in the world.
