Poster of the sixth ASEAN plus three junior science odyssey. The event wrapped up in Hanoi on July 14. (Source: management board)
Hanoi (VNA) – The sixth ASEAN Plus Three Junior Science Odyssey (APTJSO-6) wrapped up in Hanoi on July 14.
The event, held by Vietnam for the first time, is among activities organised tocelebrate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN’s establishment and carryout ASEAN’s action programme on science, technology and innovation for 2016-2025.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Deputy Minister of Science and TechnologyTran Quoc Khanh said that the science camp’s achievements will serve ascatalyst to encourage gifted students to pursue their passion.
Khanh thanked the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Plus Three Centre for the Gifted inScience (ACGS), the ACGS in the Republic of Korea (RoK) and relevant Vietnameseagencies for their support in organising such a successful event.
This year event drew the participation of 180 students, teachers and observers.
The students competed in physics, chemistry, and biology; and conductedresearch and cultivated creativity via poster presentations and lab skillsassessment while the teachers shared experience in education for the gifted inscience and attend a workshop on promoting STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics) for students through applications of renewableenergy.
The organising board presented 50 awards to the winners, including nine gold,20 silver and 21 bronze awards.
Odyssey is an annual competition being organised since 2012 for talentedstudents aged between 13 and 15 in the science and technology fields and isaimed at nurturing future scientists and engineers. -VNA
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Poster of the sixth ASEAN plus three junior science odyssey. The event wrapped up in Hanoi on July 14. (Source: management board) 
