Vietnamese students win ticket to ACAWC’s final round
Tran Ngoc Anh Khoa, Nguyen Thanh and Luong Duyen Binh Nguyen will represent Vietnam at the ACAWC’s final round slated for July 28-31 in New York after winning the first and second prizes at the national level of the Adobe Certified Associate World Championship (ACAWC) 2019.
Tran Ngoc Anh Khoa receives first prize of ACAWC Vietnam 2019 (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Tran Ngoc Anh Khoa, Nguyen Thanh and Luong Duyen BinhNguyen will represent Vietnam at the ACAWC’s final round slated for July 28-31in New York after winning the first and second prizes at the national level ofthe Adobe Certified Associate World Championship (ACAWC) 2019.
Theywill have the opportunity to win a first prize worth 7,000 USD; a second prizeworth 3,500 USD; and a third prize of 1,500 USD; along with Top 10 awards andawards voted by the audience worth 250 USD per prize.
Thethree students stood out of the 15 finalists at the ACAWC Vietnam’s final roundheld on June 3, in Hanoi.
TranNgoc Anh Khoa, a student at Ho Chi Minh City’s Hoa Sen University, won thefirst prize, while the second place prizes came to Nguyen Thanh, a 10th grader at Hanoi’s Nguyen Tat Thanh High School and Binh Nguyen, a student fromthe Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology in Hanoi.
Accordingto statistics from the organising board, 43.2 percent of Vietnamese contestantsattending the ACAWC Vietnam 2019 gained 700 points or more. They are eligiblefor an international ACA certificate issued by the General Director of Adobe.The certificate is an important advantage for young people looking for jobs atinternational graphic design companies.
TheAdobe Certified Associate World Championship, held by the US’s Certiport, Inc.since 2013, is a global competition that tests students’ design skills usingAdobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. The annual contest attracts theparticipation of students aged from 13-22 from nearly 70 nations andterritories worldwide.-VNA
Vietnamese representatives won three bronze medals in the final rounds of the Adobe Certified Associate World Championship 2018 (ACAWC) and the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship 2018 (MOSWC), which took place in Florida, the US, from July 29 to August 1.
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Tran Ngoc Anh Khoa receives first prize of ACAWC Vietnam 2019 (Source: VNA) 
