"Golden girl" of the International Olympics after 6 years passed the residency exam with the highest score at Hanoi Medical University

During the registration session for the residency program today, September 9, at Hanoi Medical University, Tran Thi Minh Anh (born in 2000) decided to choose the obstetrics and gynecology major. With a score of 26.75/30, Minh Anh passed the exam first, and was also the first person to be allowed to choose the residency program.

“I am surprised by this result, because there are many talented friends around me. It's just that I am a little luckier than them,” Minh Anh said.

Six years ago, the female student of Tran Phu High School for the Gifted (Hai Phong) won first prize in the national biology competition and was one of three Vietnamese students to win a gold medal at the International Biology Olympiad in Iran. At that time, Minh Anh's dream was to be admitted directly to the medical school of Hanoi Medical University.

Minh Anh's mother, Le Thi Ngoc Ha, said that since she was a child, her daughter loved to "dissect" dolls. She often took apart each part to see what was inside the doll. Minh Anh also always dreamed of becoming a doctor when she grew up. The dream just kept growing. By the end of middle school, her teacher began to notice her talent for biology. Since then, Minh Anh has been fully supported by her family to follow her favorite path.

For Minh Anh, school is both the most familiar and interesting of all subjects. During her high school years, she had the opportunity to go on field trips to Quang Ninh or Tam Dao, learning how to identify plant families and the uses of each type. Such trips made the female student even more curious and eager to learn about the world around her.

“There is no better way to learn than through pictures. Only then can knowledge be absorbed more deeply than through lengthy theories. Personally, I don’t have any special learning secrets,” Minh Anh said.

When she became a medical student, Minh Anh said she never regretted her dream of becoming a doctor. After 6 years of pursuing medicine, the female student achieved a GPA of 8.37/10, being one of nearly 9% of students at Hanoi Medical University graduating with honors in 2024.

Also during her time studying at Hanoi Medical University, when she went into clinical practice, Minh Anh began to love obstetrics and gynecology and cherished this as a long-term career path. “I love the joy of taking care of pregnant women or newborn babies. The moment I saw premature babies or twins born healthy, even though the mother had many medical conditions before, and was able to participate in the treatment process, I felt very happy and meaningful. Therefore, I decided to stick with this field.”

However, Minh Anh admitted that the residency exam at Hanoi Medical University was “stressful and fierce”. With the goal of passing the obstetrics and gynecology exam, according to Minh Anh, she had to try to be in the top 20 out of more than 950 candidates to have a chance.

In fact, this year, among the 5 candidates with the highest exam scores, 3 chose to study obstetrics and gynecology.