Undergraduate
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
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)
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