Vietnamese teen wins US oratory prize
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Child prodigy Do Nhat Nam has won another accolade, this time a prize for oration in the US where the 14-tear-old is now a student in Texas.
Child prodigy Do Nhat Nam
Nam won first prize in the Dallas Diocesan Speech League’s oratory category, representing his school St. Paul The Apostle, where he has been a student since September.
Feted as a “Vietnamese child prodigy”, Nam was recognised as the youngest translator in Vietnam at the age of seven. His book How I Learn English cemented his reputation.
Nam’s mother, Phan Ho Diep, said he Nam had to go through a number of elimination tests to earn the right to represent his school in the contest, in which he talked about his dream of becoming a superman who can save the world.
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