(HBO) – Four students and two teachers of northern Hoa Binh province were selected to represent Vietnamese pupils nationwide at the e-ICON World Contest held in the Republic of Korea. The contest drew the participation of 120 teachers and students from 14 countries across the world.


Students of Hoa Binh participated in the contest

e-ICON is an international event designed to promote the development and sharing of software programmes and educational materials on a global scale. The 2017 contest’s theme is to create educational experiences and identify effective measures to build mobile applications (apps).

Before coming to the competition, Hoa Binh province’s students had participated in a training course on creating a mobile app on Android operating system.

The "ViEth” project, an app that provides information about each of 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups, won an "innovative idea” prize. The project’s supervisor was Luu Thi Vinh of Hoang Van Thu Gifted High school. It was carried out by Vu Trung Hieu and Do Phuong Thanh, 11th graders of Hoang Van Thu Gifted High School.

The "Study English” project, which helps new English learners study, practice and test their English vocabulary, secured a third place. The project’s supervisor was Vu Thi Kim Thanh of Hoang Van Thu Gifted High School. It was carried out by Do Phan Long, a 11th grader of Hoang Van Thu Gifted High School and Bui Manh Hung, a 11th grader of Hoa Binh Industry High School./.

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