Troubled by resource disparities between public and private schools, Thanh Tung decided to abandon the "beaten path", pursuing a Fulbright scholarship to attend Harvard University.
An essay detailing nine years spent wearing long pants to conceal a leg imperfection was a key factor in Minh Nghia's admission to Cornell University, one of the eight Ivy League institutions in the United States.
Nguyen Thanh Vinh, the runner-up of the first season of the Road to Olympia competition, is an influential researcher in organic chemistry in Australia.
