Nam Dinh students win big at MOSWC national qualifying round

ABO/NDO- Tran Anh Dung, Standing Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Nam Dinh province said on May 24 that Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted had just achieved excellent results in the national qualifying round of the 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) – Viettel.

After 2 rounds of national competition, all nine students from Le Hong Phong High School overcame more than 2,400 candidates across the country to win one first prize, five second-place prizes, two third prizes and one consolation prize.

This year’s edition saw the participation of teams from localities with limited learning conditions such as Lang Son, Yen Bai, Bac Kan and Dak Lak provinces for the first time.

Contestants competed in two versions of Microsoft Office 2016 and 2019 with three segments of Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

All nine students from Le Hong Phong High School win prizes in the national qualifying round.

After the national competition round wraps up, Vietnam will have six representatives at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship scheduled to be held in July in the US State of Florida.

The MOS World Championship has been held annually by the Certiport Corporation of the US since 2002 for students aged from 13 to 22 on a global scale. Contestants compete with their peers to prove their superior skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, culminating in the most popular technology skills competition on Microsoft Office.

After 13 years of participation in the contest, Vietnam has won four gold, three silver, and 10 bronze medals.

Last year, the Vietnamese team bagged two gold, one silver and one bronze medals, ranking first at the 2022 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship in the US.

(Source: NDO)