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PM Dung approves 27th IBO organization plan

VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a scheme on organizing the 27th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Viet Nam in 2016.

August 29, 2014 10:08 AM GMT+7

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The contest is planned to take place in Ha Noi from July 17-26, 2016 with the participation of around 70 delegations from 70 countries and territories.

Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan was appointed to head the National Steering Committee on Organizing IBO 2016.

The organization aims to encourage the study of  biology at schools, detect and train talents in the subject.

The organization will follow IBO’s regulations to the contest hosting country and Viet Nam’s law.

In the 25th IBO in July in Indonesia, Vietnamese students bagged one silver and three bronze medals.

                                                                                                               By Vien Nhu