At the closing
ceremony of the 8^th ASEAN Skills Competition on November 23 in
Bangkok, Thailand, the Vietnamese team came third with 7 gold, 3 silver, and 4
bronze medals and 11 certificates.

Photo: VOV

The host Thailand ranked first
with 15 gold medals, followed by the Philippines with 8 golds.

The competition was divided into
five categories including industry, machinery, construction, service, and
electronics and Vietnam competed in 18 of the 21 separate events.

Vu Mai Hien, 21, a student from
Nam Dinh University of Economic and Technical Industry, said she had spent a lot
of time designing a dress and embellishing it with traditional Vietnamese lotus
flower, and her work took a gold medal in the fashion event.

The 8^th ASEAN
vocational skills contest attracted 222 skilled contestants from member
countries under the age of 22.

Vietnam first attended the
biennial contest in 2001 and has so far taken first place twice.

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