Moscow, April 17 -- A team of four outstanding students from Vietnam is attending the 60th International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad (IMChO) for high school students, which officially opened on April 16 at the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia.

The contest is drawing 165 contestants from 35 countries across three continents.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, the President of the IMChO-60 Organising Committee and Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Academician Viktor Sadovnichy, said the competition has significantly expanded its global reach over the past 25 years. Holding the 60th edition in Moscow carries special significance, as the All-Union Chemistry Olympiad was founded there in 1967, later evolving into the In...