VOV.VN - The Ministry of Education and Training will hold a ceremony to honour Vietnamese students who have won medals at the international Olympiad and science and technology contests this year.

All six students who are all 10th graders from Hanoi have won medals, including one silver and five bronze, at the 20th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) in Thailand.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on December 4 presented the Medal “For Peace and Friendship Among Nations” to Ben Chapman, Warwick Morris and Paul Smith, the co-founders of the Vietnam-UK Network (VUKN), to honour their outstanding contributions to the relations between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Outgoing Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba Le Thanh Tung has been honoured with the country’s friendship medal in recognition of his contributions to the development of the strong and long-standing traditional relationship between both sides.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Pencak Silat team have bagged a total of 20 medals, including eight gold, three silver, and nine bronze medals at the 7th Asian Pencak Silat Championships in Dubai, the UAE, which concluded on November 13.

Vietnamese marksmen win silver medals at the Asian Shooting Championship which closed on November 2 in Changwon, the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Swimmer Vi Thi Hang on October 27 secured another silver medal for Vietnam at the ongoing 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China.

VOV.VN - Female weightlifter Dang Thi Linh Phuong on October 24 clinched the first medal for Vietnam in the women’s 50kg weight category at the fourth Asian Para Games taking place in Hangzhou, China.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese athletes win two bronze medals at the at the 15th Asian Shooting Championship getting underway in Changwon, the Republic of Korea.

VOV.VN - Despite suffering a shoulder injury, Vietnamese powerlifter Le Van Cong still won a bronze medal in the men’s 49kg event on October 23 at the ongoing fourth Asian Para Games in Hangzhou of China.