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Lac Hong team wins ticket to Asia-Pacific Robocon

The LH-B7 team of the Lac Hong University has won the ticket to the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest in Thailand in September in the national final round held in the central coastal city of Da Nang on May 15.
The LH-B7 team of the Lac Hong University has won the ticket tothe Asia-Pacific Robot Contest in Thailand in September in thenational final round held in the central coastal city of Da Nang onMay 15.

This was the second consecutive year that the Lac Hong University won the champion title at Vietnam Robocon.

Thisyear’s Robocon drew the participation of 245 teams from universities,colleges and technical schools across the country. Thirty-two of thementered the final round, fighting for the ticket to the 2011Asia-Pacific Robocon.

The Asia-Pacific Robot Contest2011, themed Loy Krathong, Lighting Happiness with Friendship, aims toforge the friendship between young people who share the same interest.

Robocon Vietnam was first launched in 2002. The country has championed the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest for three times./.
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