Just before the opening of the contest, the appearance of members from all faculties with rapturous ovation heated the atmosphere of the whole hall.

Literature Faculty’s great cheers

The contest began with the speech of Teacher Tran Thuy Duong, Party Committee Secretary, Principal of the school along with the best wishes for the contest.

Teacher Tran Thuy Duong, Principal of the school delivering the speech

The nine excellent teachers participating in the School’s Teacher Pageant came from all faculties:

Ms. Le Hong Hanh, member of Geography - Ethics - Music & Art Faculty

The nine contestants had to go through four challenging rounds: Ao Dai Show, Talent Round, Self-selected Costume Round and Q&A Round. All nine contestants have proved themselves a deserving representative of many and many other talented and charming teachers. Especially, through the Talent Round, the whole hall was taken aback by the unique talents including singing, dancing, piano playing or contemporary dance,...

The performance of Ms. Bui Thi Thu Ha from the Biology - P.E. Faculty

Throughout 3 exploding performance rounds, three names were called out by the two hosts - Mrs. Pham Vu Bich Hang and Mr. Nguyen Van Bac. Those belonged to the most outstanding teachers who were able to get into the final round - the Q&A Round: Ms. Le Hong Hanh, Ms. Pham Phuong Linh and Ms. Tran My Linh.

From left to right: Ms. Tran My Linh, Ms. Pham Phuong Linh, Ms. Le Hong Hanh

In this round, the three judges including Teacher Bui Van Phuc, Teacher Ho Quoc Viet and Mrs. Ninh Hanh Quyen directly put difficult questions to the 3 contestants.

Mrs. Ninh Hanh Quyen addressing questions for the charismatic and gifted teachers

With a convincing answer about the four feminine virtues: Cong (works), Dung (visage), Ngon (speech) and Hanh (morality) in today’s time proving that those values are “still intact, making a woman feel safe and happy; however, not confined to the concept, instead, they must be confident, brave and intelligent in order to hold in their hands the key to success”, Ms. Tran My Linh became the representative of Hanoi - Amsterdam High school for the Gifted to participate in the Inter-district Teacher Pageant. The 2nd Prizes were awarded to Ms. Pham Phuong Linh and Ms. Le Hong Hanh and the 3rd Prizes to the other 6 contestants.

Ms. Pham Phuong Linh and Ms. Le Hong Hanh awarded 2nd Prizes

Ms. Phan Hong Anh - Special Prize of the 2017 National Teacher Pageant passing the crown to Ms. Tran My Linh - the teacher who achieved the highest title this year

Some photos of the Teacher Pageant:

Ms. Bui My Linh, History - Library Faculty

Ms. Nguyen Viet Ha, Maths - Informatics Faculty

Ms. Pham Phuong Linh, Foreign Language Faculty

Ms. Tran My Linh, Literature Faculty

Ms. Nguyen Ha Anh, Chemistry Faculty

Ms. Bui Thi Thu Ha, Biology - P.E. Faculty

Ms. Dang Thuy Hoa, Administration - Office Faculty

Ms. Pham Thi Thu Ha, Physics - Technology Faculty

Ms. Nguyen Ha Anh's graceful ao dai performance

Ms. Tran My Linh in her remarkable purple ao dai with white lotus

The Hanoi - Amsterdam High school for the Gifted’s Teacher Pageant ended with the prestigious 1st Prize awarded to Ms. Tran My Linh from the Literature Faculty. Congratulations to all nine teachers who shone brilliantly through the pageant and best wishes to Ms. Tran My Linh in the upcoming contest!

Reporter: Nguyen Ha Phuong - 10 Literature

Nguyen Thuy Chi - 10 Dual-degree

Translator: Nguyen Minh Anh - Russian - English 1821