(VOVworld) -Vietnamese students have won second and third prizes for math and science at the Search for SEAMEO Young Scientists (SSYS) 9th Regional Congress in Malaysia. The awardees included Le Ngoc Thu Thao and Ngo Quang Thai from a Hanoi-based Experimental Secondary School who were honoured for their research on Making Tropical Storms and Tropical Depression Calendar for Northern and Central Provinces of Vietnam. Third prize winners were Mai Dieu Quynh and Nguyen Hoang Tung from the Hanoi-based Vietnam-Germany High School who studied enzyme laccase for application towards sustainable development. This year’s event, themed “natural disaster reduction for sustainable development” received 40 entries from nine ASEAN member countries, excluding Myanmar.