Accordingly, the two students and the Ho Chi Minh City delegation participating in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) were solemnly welcomed by the leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the Department of Education and Training, and the leaders of Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted at VIP room A at Tan Son Nhat airport upon their arrival in Ho Chi Minh City.

Here, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee awarded certificates of merit to two students Nguyen Le Quoc Bao (class 12CA) and Le Tuan Hy (class 12B), Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, for their excellent achievements in winning second prize in the International Science and Technology Competition. At the same time, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee also awarded the two students 50 million VND.

Speaking at the reception, Mr. Nguyen Van Dung - Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee - sent his congratulations to two students Nguyen Le Quoc Bao, Le Tuan Hy and their families.

Mr. Nguyen Van Dung highly appreciated the students' achievements. According to Mr. Dung, these achievements not only reflect the students' individual efforts and the teaching process of the teachers in the school, but also affirm the continuous innovation process in education and training in Ho Chi Minh City.

"These are very meaningful awards. Ho Chi Minh City won second prize, the highest prize of Ho Chi Minh City so far. Through the competition, it affirms that the learning, research and teaching process is in the right direction, achieving good results.

From the results of this contest, we hope that the school will continue to promote its tradition and strengths in training and nurturing generations of excellent and specialized students to participate in high-quality human resources, building a developed city in the era of Industry 4.0," Mr. Dung said.

Touched by the solemn welcome of the leaders of the City People's Committee, the leaders of the Department of Education and Training, the school and his family, Nguyen Le Quoc Bao said he was very happy to have achieved such good results after so much effort. He was very proud to be able to affirm the intelligence of Vietnamese people in this competition.

"The second prize makes me a bit regretful and I would like to leave it to the next generation of students to continue writing the dream of winning the first prize of this contest to help us," Quoc Bao said.

Sharing the same sentiment, Le Tuan Hy felt moved when teachers and many leaders came to the airport to welcome him. "I want to thank the teachers and everyone who encouraged and stood by us so we could have this achievement," Tuan Hy said.