The opening
ceremony of 38th ACM/ICPC Asia Regional Contest was attended by
fifteen teams from eleven Asian countries at DTU on November 28th. The
Vietnamese team was ready to compete for higher awards in the field of
informatics.
Mr.
Pham Kim Son delivers a speech at the opening ceremony
The ACM/ICPC contest was first held in
the United States in 1970 and has drawn in thousands of the best informatics students
worldwide. This year fifteen teams from eleven Asian countries, including
Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand and Indonesia will compete
with 111 teams from fifty Vietnamese universities, colleges and institutes. The
best teams in each regional contest will qualify to compete in the global finals
in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Many
teams attend the opening ceremony
At
the event, Mr. Pham Kim Son, the Director of the Department of Information and Communications
in Danang said: “People all over the world now recognize Danang as a dynamic
city and a leader in Information Technology applications. Danang is building an
electronic government infrastructure; it’s a “smart city” that now attracts
tourists from everywhere. Danang’s strategy is to develop new industries based
on a strong foundation of leading-edge, diverse, IT applications. We highly
appreciate the collaborative spirit of DTU and the other organizers of this
important contest. I believe that this competition will give IT students the opportunity
to demonstrate their talents and improve their IT knowledge, in order to ultimately
satisfy the urgent need for a highly-skilled workforce locally, across Vietnam and
abroad.”
On behalf of Duy Tan University, Dr. Le Nguyen Bao, DTU Vice-Provost, welcomed the
Asian teams taking part in the contest and gave some advice to the Vietnamese
students. He said: “I have participated in many contests worldwide,
including a nationwide informatics contest when I was in high school. Being in the field of education, I often seek
out the best Vietnamese competitors and recognize the success of major
prize-winners. I know that Vietnamese
students are very talented and confident in all contests and have won many big
prizes. However, Vietnam is still a developing country where technology facilities
may not really be as modern as in other countries. As a result, Vietnamese
students may be disadvantaged and may gradually become discouraged at these
important contests. As Vietnam becomes globally integrated, new opportunities will
present themselves for Vietnamese students to win and remain passionate about
their careers. The ACM/ICPC Asia Regional Contest gives students
the opportunity to test their abilities and commit themselves to winning significant prizes.”
During the past six years participating in the ACM/ICPC National preliminaries, Vietnam has
always reached the final rounds of the Asian competition. Hopefully, DTU and other
Vietnamese students will prove their competitive skills by entering the final
round of seventeen teams representing Asia in the ACM/ ICPC Finals in St.
Petersburg, Russia in June, 2014.
(Board of Website Editors)