VietNamNet Bridge – The University of Cambridge, one of the oldest universities in the world, will commemorate the 800th anniversary of its establishment. Cambridge is recognized throughout the world, and Vietnamese students are recognized at Cambridge for their ability and hard work.
‘Vietnamese students’ has become synonymous at many schools with ‘excellent students’.
Dinh Nho Tam, a student of Mathematics at Trinity College under the University of Cambridge, has earned quite a name for himself, and his country. Of Cambridge’s 81 Nobel prize winning students, Trinity College alone has produced 31. It is understandable why it is so difficult to be accepted to study at Trinity College.
Tam lives in a comfortable room in a Trinity College dormitory where he only returns late at night, at 1 or 2 am. Tam is one of the best mathematics students but always refuses to discuss himself when someone asks about his achievements.
“I’m just good at math when compared to other foreign students, but I would be very ashamed if I was compared to Le Hoang Viet Bao,” he said.
Mr. Tam was talking about Viet Bao a well known aspring mathematician at Trinity..
Bao has earned several big achievements in his years studying: after gaining two gold medals at international mathematics contests during his junior and senior years of high school, Bao left Hanoi for the UK to study at Trinity College, where he received a scholarship.
Mathematics at Trinity seems too easy for Bao. The students there say exams are so difficult that students would feel happy if they correctly answered 2/3 of the questions. Meanwhile, Bao is always out of the examination rooms 30 minutes early; and always gets perfect scores. For the last two years he has held the top spot in his class.
Nguyen Kieu Lien is also a well known name at Cambridge. Lien has been successfully working on her doctorate thesis at Cambridge after graduating with honors from Australian Adelaide University. She is a winner of the reputable Bill Gates’ scholarship.
The girl has surprised many people after successfully shortening the duration of her doctorate studies to two years. She became the youngest Vietnamese PhD after receiving her degree at the age of 25.
Lien was one of the few students to meet the Queen during her time at Cambridge. Lien is well known, not only because of her academic success, but she is also an accomplished pianist and is fluent in French. Moreover, Lien and the female squad of Cambridge University won the gold medal at the UK Taekwondo tournament.
Many other Vietnamese students have earned names for themselves at Cambridge. Most Vietnamese students are listed among the top 10 in their classes, including Luong The Vinh and Tran Thi My Linh (Economics), To Quynh Trang (Chemistry) and Nguyen Thuy Trang (Computer Science).
Dr. Hoang Viet Ha, the only Vietnamese Lecturer at Cambridge, said there are some 40 Vietnamese students studying at Cambridge, which is actually quite low when compared to the number of Thai and South Korean students.
(Source: Tien phong) | 
