Theme: Breaking Barriers: Innovating for a Better Future

This year's theme “Breaking Barriers: Innovating for a Better Future” provides opportunities to those who are willing to voice their ideas in fields varying from STEM to personal development and inspire others within our community. Our event will host 10 bright-minded student speakers and a guest speaker, who will discuss the need for digital safety among children.

Concordia International School Hanoi
Van Tri Golf Estate, Kim Nỗ, Đông Anh, Hà Nội
2nd Floor, Building A
Hanoi, Ha Noi, 100000
Vietnam

Bao Nhi Bui

Student

Bao Nhi is a Junior at Concordia International School Hanoi. During her free time, she likes to go to the gym or watch Korean series on Netflix. Unfortunately, due to her tight schedule and heavy workload as a Junior, she had no choice but to give up on her mentally comforting hobby, watching Netflix. However, closing one gate is opening another. She seized this opportunity to explore her personal interests and found herself fascinated by economic concepts. Through her TEDx speech, she wants to share with the audience her passion and the ardent national nature in her, contributing to the social and economic development of her home country.

Duc Vinh Nguyen

Student

Vinh is a junior at St. Paul American School Hanoi, and he is interested in philosophy, economics, and education in the status quo. He is curious about understanding systems at its core, and how variables interact to become the world as it is now. However, he finds that this mode of learning isn’t promoted in Vietnam’s formulaic educational system, so he is on a mission to advocate for such. He finds that TedTalk is a perfect mission for this. In his free time, Vinh likes to play tennis and talk with his friends. He also works out and plays Minecraft with his friends when he gets the chance. He also loves solving problems online and hanging out with his family.

Gia Khanh Dang

Student

Meet Gia Khanh, an 11th-grader at HUS High School Of Gifted Students. He likes to play football (huge Man Utd fan), read novels and grind video games. In his free time, he also enjoys jamming to new tunes and then trying to play them on the piano.

Ha Linh Nguyen

Student

Ha Linh is a 10th grader at DGS Adventure - the Dewey Schools Hanoi. Her hobbies include reading, playing the piano, and especially public speaking. Ha Linh has been in various public speaking activities like Model UN and Debate since Grade 7. Ha Linh is especially fond of expressing her opinions and sharing her ideas with other people. Therefore, she believes that TedX would be an excellent platform for her to experiment with this field.

Issie Wee

Student

Hi! My name is Issie. I am an 8th grader in Concordia. I am 13 years old and enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I also like to read, watch movies or tv shows, and dance in my free time.

Ngoc Nguyen

Student

I’m a junior at Concordia Hanoi and I’m interested in many different forms of art, such as painting and drawing, music, and film. My favorite art medium is painting. In my free time, I like to go thrifting with my friends. I also enjoy reading and playing cozy video games. I hope to educate people about this specific topic about AI art and encourage people to be more open minded.

Nguyet Minh Do

Student

Nguyet Minh is an 11th grader at Lycee Français Alexandre Yersin. She loves the color blue and enjoys reading, listening to music, painting, gaming, crocheting, and discovering new things! She enjoys taking walks while thinking about everything around her. Her care for the environment probably started with the Percy Jackson series.

Quynh Nguyen

Executive Director

Quynh holds a Master's degree in Public Policy at the National University of Singapore where she was awarded with a full-ride scholarship. Since 2020, she has co-founded and served as Executive Director of CyberKid Vietnam, a social enterprise in Vietnam that pioneers digital safety and digital competence for children and young adults in Southeast Asia. Between 2017 and 2020, she traveled to over 9 developing countries to lead, organize, and participate in more than 50 social projects centered on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Trang Nhi Nguyen

Student

Trang Nhi is currently a junior at Concordia International School Hanoi. In her free time, she loves going on walks, listening to music, and spending time at coffee shops in Hanoi’s Old Quarter. Through her speech, she hopes to inform and get people thinking about an innovative idea that could potentially improve the quality of life of millions.