Taste of Australia culinary contest winners announced Kieu Giang Students Le Ngoc Hung and Nguyen Thanh Khoan at HCMC’s A Au Cooking School have won the first ever Taste of Australia culinary contest. A gala reception was held in HCMC’s District 1 last week to honor the winners. The duo received a grand prize of a trip to Australia courtesy of Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School and William Blue College of Hospitality Management. Runners-up, who come from Saigontourist Hotel School and Netspace, will take short internships in the five-star kitchens of Park Hyatt Saigon and Le Meridien Saigon hotels. The contest, hosted by the Australian Consulate General in HCMC, attracted 14 contestants from seven teams from Saigontourist Hotel School, KOTO, A Au Cooking School and Netspace to compete in three grueling rounds of skills test, mystery box challenge and replication test at Grain Cooking Studio in District 1 on April 15. The judges were Australian celebrity … [Read more...] about Taste of Australia culinary contest winners announced
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Prudential writing contest winners named
Prudential writing contest winners named My Tran By My Tran in HCMC Pham Duy Tan, fi rst prize winner of the ‘Prudential-Good Essay, Good Writing Contest’ 2013 for grade six and seven students - Photo: My Tran Pham Duy Tan, a student from Minh Duc high school, won first prize at the ‘Prudential-Good Essay, Good Writing Contest’ 2013 in the sixth and seventh grade category thanks to his emotional essay about parents’ love. Tran Khanh Vy of Nguyen Van To junior high school in District 10 netted second, while in third place was Nguyen Lam Thuy Phuong of Nguyen Van Luong secondary school in District 6 and Duong Kim Phung from Tan Tao secondary school in Binh Tan District. In the eighth and ninth grade category, Chau Hue Mai, a student of Hoang Le Kha secondary school in District 6 won first prize with Pham Nguyen Thuc Huyen of Dong Khoi junior high school in Tan Phu District second. Luu Ngoc Huyen Tran of Tung Thien Vuong secondary school in … [Read more...] about Prudential writing contest winners named
National Contest Winners Exempted from University Entrance Exams
Students who have achieved national and intentional prizes in academic contests, arts competitions, sports, and international Olympic contests, now have the special privilege in matriculation. The prize-winning students can enter the universities or tertiary colleges without any entrance exams. They will have three choices of institutions with different priority level. The privileged students could not account for more than 30 percent of the regular enrollment number of the university or a faculty of the institution. Students who select some famous educational institutions as first option must note that only a very few top-prize winners could enter the schools without entrance exams. The Institute for International Relations and many faculties of the Medical Universities in Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City are deemed difficult for many top-winners to select them as their first choice. The deadline for applications is June 20 and the result will be released before June 30, 2006. … [Read more...] about National Contest Winners Exempted from University Entrance Exams
Mastermind idea contest winners revealed
Mastermind idea contest winners revealed Cung Mi By Cung Mi in HCMC Team Magic – Poopy Paper from the International University & University of Social Sciences and Humanities was named winner at the gala night of “The Idea Contest for Students – MasterMind 2013” on Tuesday at the Riverside Palace downtown. Second prize winner was Team IVCB – Coconut fuel - RMIT University, with Fine-art Triangle – Heart-rate monitoring watch - International University & Medical School of National University HCMC third. Consolation prizes went to TeamE100 – Production and promotion for Cellulose-based Ethanol in Vietnam - International University and Team PNG – Bio-hem membrane for old motorbikes - International University. MasterMind kicked off from January and was a challenge for city students in two rounds of building and implementing ideas. MasterMind 2013 was organized by Soft Skills Club at the National University HCMC. This is one of … [Read more...] about Mastermind idea contest winners revealed
Green paintings contest winners honored
Green paintings contest winners honored By Uyen Vien in HCMC Organizers of the 15th Net ve xanh (Green paintings contest) on Wednesday handed over presents to this year’s winners at Phan Dinh Phung Indoor Stadium in District 3. The preliminary round of this year’s competition attracted 600,000 contestants aged 4-15 from schools in the city and neighboring provinces, with 15,000 entries making the final round. According to organizers, the drawing contest targeting pupils named Ve tranh theo sach (Drawing pictures based on books) from 1998 to 2003 was renamed Net ve xanh in 2004. Best entries of the annual competition have been exhibited in Japan and Europe and have joined auctions to raise charity funds at home. The contest is co-organized by the city’s Department of Education and Training, the War Remnants Museum and HCMC General Science Library. For more information check out www.netvexanh.org.vn in Vietnamese and English. … [Read more...] about Green paintings contest winners honored