Nguyen Mai Chi, a student at Vietnam Maritime University in Hai Phong, took first place in the Microsoft Excel 365 Apps category, finishing ahead of Aleksy Jakub Dobrodziej of Poland, according to results published by Pearson, an education service provider.
Pearson runs the championship through its Certiport business. The competition has run since 2002 and is open to contestants between 13 and 22 years of age. It is now in its 24th year, having skipped 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year's final brought 135 competitors aged 13 to 22 to Anaheim from July 26 to 29. Each had won a national round in one of 36 countries and territories.
Competitors sit a certification exam and build a project in the software track they qualified in, working from a brief handed to them on site. Pearson's official rules bar them from discussing the material at any point afterward.
Six world titles are awarded, one per track. First place pays $8,000, second $4,000 and third $2,000, by wire transfer.
