Published:  00:00 Wednesday - August 22, 2007

The 98 university graduates who recorded the highest total scores during their undergraduate years at Hanoi universities were honoured at the Temple of Literature - the country’s first university- on August 21.

Nguyen Van Phong, Hanoi’s HCM Communist Youth Union Secretary, said that 17 of the 98 top graduates from 42 universities and institutes in Hanoi had an average score of over 9.0. Besides their excellent grades, these students also overcame difficulties during their time of study, won prizes in national and international contests as well as came up with new scientific and technological inventions.