In order
to learn more and more about Information Technology outstanding students from across
Asia get together at Duy Tan University on November 27th for the 22nd Olympiad in Informatics
for Vietnamese students and the 38th ACM International Collegiate
Programming Contest (ACM/ICPC). This year’s competitions have nearly 700
Vietnamese students from universities and colleges nationwide, and 15
foreign teams from Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Indonesia.
Distinguished
Teacher Le Cong Co receives a Certificate of Merit from
the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association
Distinguished
Teacher Le Cong Co, DTU President and Provost, said: ”It is an honor for us to
welcome these outstanding students to DTU in Danang to participate in two important
Informatics competitions. The 21st century is the century of the knowledge
economy, when Information Technology will be vital to boost our standard of
living. This is why, since the early days of its inception, DTU has decided
that IT is the key to the academic advancement of training and
research. DTU
and Carnegie Mellon University, one of the four leading American universities
in IT, signed an agreement for the licensing of Software Engineering,
Information Systems and Network Security curricula to DTU. DTU has now become a
respected provider of a well-qualified IT labor force in the Central Region. All
the students participating in this competition are outstanding. I want you to
succeed and continue to enter many other international contests to foster your careers
in IT and contribute to the development of our country."
Mr. Phung Tan Viet delivers a speech at the competition
The opening ceremony was attended by Mr. Phung
Tan Viet, the Danang People’s Committee Vice-Chairman, who said: “As one of the five
self-governed cities, planned as a key economic zone in the Central Region,
Danang has planned five development strategies, including IT. Efficient investment in ICT infrastructure, the
development of hardware and software and the construction of software parks and
data centers has resulted in an increase of ICT sector revenues by over 20% in
the last five years. Information Technology is a science which
helps promote the development of many other sciences and spurs the economy at
the same time. So investing in ICT training and research is a necessary step in
business and universities. DTU is a multi-level, multi-discipline university. The
rapid development of IT in recent years has confirmed the strategic vision of
international collaboration and training improvement established by the DTU
Board. DTU has become a well-known source of qualified
IT staff in the Central Region and DTU students have done well in many
contests, both national and international. These two
big Information Technology competitions have become significant annual events for
participating students. Danang greatly appreciates the excellent work of DTU and
MOET, the Vietnam Informatics Association, the Vietnam Student Association and the
Danang Informatics Association in organizing these competitions together.”
The
DTU team
At the opening ceremony, the Vietnam
Union of Science and Technology Association awarded a Certificate of Merit to Dr.
Le Nguyen Bao, DTU Vice-Rector and Ms. Nguyen Thi Khiem Hoa of Banking University
(Ho Chi Minh City) for their hard work in organizing and hosting the competitions.
The organizing board also presented the winners of first, second and third
prizes to teams that participated in the 2013 ACM/ICPC Online Contest, held in
Indonesia and Thailand.
During the competitions, the MOET,
DTU and the Vietnam Huawei Technology Company arranged many other activities, including the final round of Creative Summer for Programming Open-Source Software
Applications, the Mobile Applications Renovation contest and a sightseeing tour.
Le
Yen Thanh, a student of University of Science in Ho Chi Minh City, who won a bronze
medal in the 2013 ACM/ICPC Online Contest and was champion in the Olympiad in
Informatics for Vietnamese students in 2012, said: ”The competitions have helped us develop skills in creative thinking and
programming. This is the first time I have been to Danang and everything seems
strange to me. However, DTU’s warm welcome and assistance have made deep impression
on me. I know that the competitions have attracted many outstanding contestants
and I have tried my best to do well.”
Everyone tried their hardest in the two contests. The
most outstanding contestants from the qualifying round of ACM/ICPC will be
selected to compete at the ACM/ICPC World Finals,
to be held in Ekaterinburg, Russia in 2014.
(Board of Website Editors)