21 1st prizes awarded at the 34th National Student Mechanics Olympiad

VUSTA President Phan Xuan Dung handing over the awards

Attending the ceremony were VUSTA President Phan Xuan Dung, Vietnam Mechanics Association Chairman Nguyen Tien Khiem, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) Vice President Nguyen Phong Dien, along with representatives of teachers and students from universities participating in the 2024 National Mechanics Olympiad.

The National Mechanics Olympiad is an annual competition organized by the Vietnam Mechanics Association to foster the next generation of Vietnamese mechanics, with this year (2024) marking the Olympiad’s 35^th anniversary. The 34^th National Student Mechanics Olympiad took place on May 5 ^th, 2024 at Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City’s respective Universities of Science & Technology, with 7 traditional subjects (Engineering Mechanics, Material Strength, Structural Mechanics, Hydraulics, Soil Mechanics, Machinery Principles, Machinery Details) with the addition of Informatics Applications in Machinery Details. The Olympiad had a total of 1,135 students as contestants, who came from 35 universities, colleges and science and technology institutes nationwide.

Commemoratory photo of the 34^th National Student Mechanics Olympiad

The organizing committee selected 668 individual prizes including 21 1^st prizes (accounting for 2% total), 114 2^nd prizes (accounting for 10%), 256 3^rd prizes (accounting for 23%) and 277 consolation prizes (accounting for 24%), and 29 group prizes including 9 1^st prizes, 9 2^nd prizes and 11 3^rd prizes.

At the ceremony, VUSTA President Phan Xuan Dung highlighted his appreciation for the Vietnam Mechanics Association’s effort in maintaining an educational playground for students and teachers of mechanics throughout the country over the past decades, and in motivating and promoting young talents, helping them build their creativity and later on become full-fledged scientists and contribute to Vietnam’s development.

President Phan Xuan Dung emphasized how VUSTA is always concerned with discovering and fostering young talents in the field of science and technology; VUSTA will continue to coordinate with member associations to organize Olympiads for Mathematics, Physics, Informatics, Chemistry, Biology and Loa Thanh Awards in the near future.

HUST representative handing the ceremonial flag to Vietnam Maritime University representative

The 35^th National Student Mechanics Olympiad will be held in 2025 at Vietnam Maritime University (VMU).