Two students passed 350 contestants from 35 universities and colleges in Vietnam to win the tickets to the “Microsoft Office World Champion 2010″ in the USA this August.

Nguyen Tran Duy Phuong from HCM City University for Foreign Language and Informatics obtained the maximum points of 1000 for using Word 2003, taking the first prize.

Nguyen Quang Thien from the Aviation Institute and Nguyen Thanh Tuan Anh from the Maritime University both had 971 points but Thien was presented the second prize for fulfilling the exam in a shorter time while Tuan Anh took third prize.

For Excel 2003, Le Nguyen Anh Duong from HCM City Banking University won the first prize with 964 points, followed by Nguyen Hoang Duy from HCM City University of Technology and Huynh Phuoc Tho from HCM City Foreign Trade University.

Most of the 20 top contestants came from HCM City’s universities. Only two northern universities – Hanoi Trade University and Maritime University – had students in the top 20.

The first, second and third prizes winners received Microsoft MOS certificate and certificates of merit from the Ministry of Education and Training.

The two first prize winners – Le Nguyen Anh Duong and Nguyen Tran Duy Phuong – will represent more than 1 million Vietnamese students to compete with rivals from 60 countries at the finale of “Microsoft Office World Champion 2010″ in Park City, Utah, USA.

This is the first time this competition has been organized in Vietnam, but it attracted thousands of students from colleges and universities throughout the country. The event aims to promote the study and applications of Microsoft office software at work.

PV