Around 33,400 Vietnamese students are currently studying in Australia, the 4th largest international student group and a 54% increase compared to pre-Covid-19 levels.
Choosing to pursue statistics with the desire to apply it to decode cancer genes, Hoang Tung has been awarded a scholarship worth over 10 billion VND for a doctoral program at Duke University, a top 6 university in the US.
After 2-3 years of grappling with the decision to leave behind a 10-year business career, Xuan Thuong shifted to psychology, securing a Chevening scholarship to a top 9 global university.
Having specialized in chemistry in high school, Nguyen Manh Duong switched to artificial intelligence, publishing 7 scientific papers before securing a doctoral scholarship in computer science in the US worth nearly 10 billion VND.
Van Anh initially learned Chinese for fun, but later gained admission to a specialized high school, won third prize in the national excellent student competition, and earned scholarships to top Chinese universities.
With a 9.6/10 GPA and an essay about personal transformation, Thanh Long received acceptance letters from eight US universities, despite having less than six months to prepare his applications.
Le Minh Ngoc secured exchange programs in three countries and a doctoral scholarship in chemistry in the US before receiving her honors degree from the University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
Mai Chi, a foreign language school alumna, earned a full scholarship to Harvard Medical School's residency program after graduating from Johns Hopkins University with perfect grades.