Do Ngoc Linh and Ma Thi Thuy Tra, grade-12 students from Thai Nguyen province, have left Vietnam for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition in Sweden.

This is the seventh time Vietnam has sent students to the international contest, which was initiated by the Stockholm Water Foundation (SWF).

The two girls won the first prize at the national contest on writing comic scientific books to raise awareness on protection of water environment in the community.

The Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition is held annually with the aim of encouraging creativity and scientific research among students and raising awareness on environmental protection in the community through water topics.

Launched in Vietnam in 2003 for the first time, the national contest has drawn the participation of nearly 30,000 students nationwide.

Source: VNA