Nguyen Chi Truong, Head of the Vocational Skills Department, Directorate of Vocational Education and Training, has confirmed that Vietnam has just won two silver medals at the World Skills Competition 2022, CPV online newspaper reported Monday.

The results were announced by the organizers of the World Skills Competition on the evening of October 16 local time.

Contestant Nguyen Thanh Tung. Source: congthuong.vn

Accordingly, contestants Nguyen Thanh Tung (23 years old) and Nguyen Xuan Thai (23 years old), both from DENSO Vocational Skills Training Institute (Hanoi), won silver medals with CNC milling and CNC turning.

Contestant Chujie Zhou of the Chinese delegation won the gold medal, Nguyen Xuan Thai of the Vietnamese delegation won the silver medal and the Japanese team's Kosei Yamashita won the bronze medal.

In CNC turning, the gold medal belonged to Hongyu Wu of the Chinese delegation. Silver medals belonged to three contestants, including Nguyen Xuan Thai of Vietnam and two contestants from Japan and Thailand.

Contestant Nguyen Xuan Thai. Source: congthuong.vn

Up to now, this is the best achievement of the Vietnamese delegation participating in the World Skills Competition. Before that, Vietnam once won a silver medal in 2019, also with CNC milling.

"As the World Skills Competition is still going on until the end of November, Vietnam still has many hopes of winning more medals, especially in the electrical installation profession," Truong said.

Eleven Vietnamese workers are participating in the competition 2022 Special Edition which is being held in Europe and East Asia from September 30 to November 28, according to the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training.

They compete in 10 out of 62 skill competitions, including Mechatronics, Cloud Computing, Information Network Cabling, Water Technology, Electrical Installations, CNC Milling, CNC Turning, Mechanical Engineering CAD, IT Software Solutions for Business, and Hairdressing. These competitions are held in six countries, namely Germany, France, Finland, Austria, Japan and the Republic of Korea.

Eleven Vietnamese workers are participating in the competition 2022 Special Edition. Source: congthuong.vn

The World Skills Competition is considered the largest playground on a global scale for students who specialize in vocational training. The prestige of the event is considered equivalent to the Olympic competition in science subjects such as math, physics, chemistry and biology. The contest is held every two years.

In the past two years, the 46th World Skills Competition exam has been delayed many times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Finally, the organizers decided to organize a "special edition" for this 46th time, taking place in many countries in two months of October and November 2022.

This year’s competition attracts more than 1,000 competitors from 63 countries and territories in 62 occupations, alongside nearly 1,000 experts and 300 interpreters.

Vietnam first participated in the World Skills Competition in 2007. This is the eight time Vietnam has participated in the competition.

During the participation, the Vietnamese delegation received excellent vocational skills certificates. In Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan, Russia) in 2019, the Vietnamese delegation won the silver medal for the first time with CNC milling.

Singaporean President Starts Four-Day State Visit to Viet Nam Singapore's President Halimah Yacob and her spouse arrived in Ha Noi on October 16, starting a four-day State visit to Vietnam at the invitation of ...

Vietnam's Participation in Peacekeeping Operations Lays Groundwork to Address Human Rights Challenge “Vietnam’s experience as a United Nations Security Council member and its participation in UN peacekeeping should provide a basis for our work together to address ...

Vietnamese Union Associations in Europe Tighten Vietnam's Communities Founded in 2016, the Union of Vietnamese People Associations in Europe has become the largest organisation of Vietnamese people in Europe.