Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Calligrapher Vo Hong Duong, set a record for writing the largest book about General Vo Nguyen Giap. After getting agreement from general Vo Nguyen Giap’s family and buying copyright from Ho Chi Minh city Young Publisher, artist Vo Hong Duong spent 2 years (from February 2017 to September 2018) to make this book.  The book is 204 centimeters high, 136 centimeters wide, 48 centimeters thick and 500 kilogram heavy. The wooden carved book cover is 150 kilogram in weight and on the book cover, is a portrait of General Vo Nguyen Giap inlaid with 24k gold. 

FPT Group and FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company set a record for organizing the cross country relay race with the participation of the biggest number of leaders and employees on the longest racetrack. Relay race called “ THE CONNECTION JOURNEY” with the participation of 3,000 non-professional athletes who are leaders and employees come from 59 FPT Telecom branches (units under FPT Group) in Vietnam, each athlete runs 1 km on an average. The whole racetrack is 2,650 km long through 29 provinces of Vietnam with consecutive-time of 31 days (from August 05, 2018 to September 04, 2018).

Venerable ThichTho Lac, the master monk of Dai Tue pagoda, set a record for making the largest portrait of President Ho from lotus flowers. It was a gift that Dai Tue pagoda offered to President Ho, the liberation hero of Vietnam, on the occasion of his 125th birthday celebration.

Collector Dao XuanTinh (born on February 1, 1959) set a record for having the biggest collection of Peugeot bikes in the world. His collection comprises 128 bikes. A special thing is that the Peugeot bikes in the collection are completely manufactured in the Republic of France before 1992.

Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati (born September 26, 2004) of Andhra Pradesh, India, set a record for being the youngest founder of a microfinance institution. A student of Krishna Chaitanya Junior College Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, he is the founder and President of the microfinance institution SWIFT (Sustaining Women in Financial Turmoil), which is aimed at financial services accessible to the underprivileged, especially women. Till August 7, 2021, he had provided loans to 92 women at the age of 16 years, 10 months and 10 days, through his microfinance institution which has now increased to 1400+ in 2022.

Turnak Kuila (born on February 17, 2019) of West Bengal, India, set a record for translating the maximum number of Bengali words into English. He translated 790 Bengali words into English, including fruits, vegetables, birds, animals, vehicles and others at the age of 3 years, 4 months and 10 days, as confirmed on June 27, 2022.

Ruvik Somani (born on November 9, 2019) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for the fastest typing of the English alphabet. He typed the English alphabet from A to Z (without spacing) in upper case on a laptop in 20 seconds and 49 milliseconds at the age of 2 years, 8 months and 10 days, as confirmed on July 19, 2022.

Faiz Rasul (born on October 3, 2013) of Kerala, India, set a record for identifying the maximum number of dinosaurs by their skeletons in one minute. He identified 80 different types of dinosaurs by their skeletons in one minute at the age of 8 years and 15 days, as confirmed on November 13, 2021.

B. Harshita (born on August 1, 2016) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for identifying and recalling the maximum number of binomial scientific names in one minute. She identified and recalled 60 binomial scientific names including different fruits, vegetables, animals, flowers in 1 minute at the age of 5 years, 10 months and 19 days, as confirmed on June 20, 2022.

Jaishnu (born on February 5, 2019) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for holding the Vajrasana yoga pose for the longest duration. He held the Vajrasana yoga pose for 18 minutes, 24 seconds and 78 milliseconds at the age of 3 years, 3 months and 6 days, as confirmed on May 11, 2022.