Three Vietnamese teams won one silver and two bronze medals at the ICPC Asia-Pacific regional programming competition.
The silver medal-winning team named Sudo, from the University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, was announced by the organizing committee of the ICPC Asia-Pacific International Student Programming Contest on the evening of March 2.
The two Vietnamese teams that won bronze medals were HCMUS-ExploringWorld from the University of Science, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City; and HUST Kite from the Hanoi University of Science and Technology.
These teams, along with 62 other teams from 40 prestigious universities in the Asia-Pacific region, solved 13 algorithm problems within 5 hours, from 9am to 2pm on March 2, according to global ICPC standards.
The championship was won by NewTrend team from Seoul National University (South Korea), which solved 9 out of 13 problems. The three gold medal-winning teams came from the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University (Japan) and the National University of Singapore.
Also winning silver medals with Sudo team were teams from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), Soongsil University (South Korea) and University of Indonesia (Indonesia).
There were 5 teams that won bronze medals, including two teams from Vietnam, National Taiwan University, Pohang University of Science and Technology (Korea) and Nayang University of Technology (Singapore).
These teams will represent the Asia-Pacific region at the ICPC 2024 global finals in September in Kazakhstan. This is the world's oldest and most prestigious programming competition with a history of more than 50 years, considered the "Olympic Games" for students in the Information Technology industry.
Team sudo from the University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi won the silver medal at ICPC Asia-Pacific. Photo: Organizing Committee
This year's ICPC Asia-Pacific Regional Finals is held for the first time in Vietnam, hosted by the University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
The exam is operated entirely on online systems according to international standards, the VNOJ online monitoring system is operated by the Vietnam Olympic Club, Professor Rie Shigetomi Yamaguchi (Japan) is the Technical Director. The exam committee and the jury are leading experts in the region. The chairman of the jury is Mr. Jonathan Irvin Gunawan (Indonesia).
Professor Nguyen Dinh Duc, Chairman of the University of Technology Council, highly appreciated the dedication of the 65 competing teams.
"The most successful thing is that through this competition, we discover talents, attract and encourage students to explore their creativity and passion for information technology," said Mr. Duc.
Vietnam first participated in ICPC in 2005. Since then, Vietnamese teams have been consistently in the top 100-140 schools in the global ICPC finals. In 2002, the team from the University of Technology was the first Vietnamese representative to win a bronze medal, ranking 12th globally. This was also the first team from Southeast Asian countries to win a medal.
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