Third-year student becomes first Vietnamese to win Int’l Microelectronic Olympiad prize
Doan Van Hieu, a third-year student from the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, has won the third place at the International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia (AMO).
Doan Van Hieu, a third-year student from the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, wins the third place at the International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia (AMO). (Photo courtesy of Doan Van Hieu)
Hanoi (VNA) – Doan Van Hieu, a third-year studentfrom the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, has won the third placeat the International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia (AMO).
Hieu has become the first Vietnamese to ever win a prizeat an international microelectronics competition.
Last year, he took a national competition to earn theonly berth to represent Vietnam in the global contest, which was held virtuallylast December as a result of COVID-19. The finale required candidates to answer18 questions in three hours.
He said the hardest were questions related to integratedcircuit design, which took him a lot of time to find answer as he has neverlearnt about this subject anywhere before.
“It is an important milestone in my university years,”Hieu said, “with this result, I feel more confident to continue pursuing anddeveloping myself in the field of microelectronics; and to find a good jobafter graduation.”
Organised by Synopsys, an American electronic designautomation company, the AMO is held annually for computer engineers andstudents under 30.
This year’s competition attracted 370 contestants from 10countries, including Armenia, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Peru, Russia, UAE andUkraine.
A Serbian student won the first prize while the secondprize went to Armenia. Hieu shared the third prize with two others from Armeniaand Brazil./.
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Doan Van Hieu, a third-year student from the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, wins the third place at the International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia (AMO). (Photo courtesy of Doan Van Hieu)
