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Seventh Adobe design skills world championship opens

The Vietnam round of the seventh Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) World Championship 2024 kicked off in Hanoi on March 24, attracting nearly 250 standout contestants from secondary schools, high schools, colleges and universities across the country.
Seventh Adobe design skills world championship opens ảnh 1The competition with two categories of ACP Photoshop and ACP Illustrator takes place at three venues in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam round of the seventh Adobe CertifiedProfessional (ACP) World Championship 2024 kicked off in Hanoi on March 24,attracting nearly 250 standout contestants from secondary schools, highschools, colleges and universities across the country.

The competition with two categories of ACP Photoshop and ACP Illustrator willtake place at three venues in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City to find the 15finalists to enter the national final round. Three most excellent contestantswill represent Vietnam at the ACP World Championship, slated for July in theUS.

Winners of gold, silver and bronze medals will walk away with awards worth8,000 USD, 4,000 USD and 2,000 USD.

The Adobe Certified Professional World Championship presented by Certiport is aglobal competition that tests students’ design skills using Adobe Photoshop, Illustratorand InDesign.

Open to students from 13 to 22 years old, the annual event attracts hundreds ofthousands of contestants from nearly 70 countries and territories across theglobe every year.

Top students are invited to represent their respective countries at the WorldChampionship where they will create a designated design project for Certiport’schosen nonprofit client.  In somecountries or regions, students are required to participate in a NationalChampionship, and the winners of that event continue on to the WorldChampionship.

In previous tournaments, Vietnam won one bronze medal, two Most Voted AudienceAwards and made the top ten in the world competition for three times./.
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