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Vietnam bags one silver, two bronze medals at ICPC Asia Pacific Championship

Three Vietnamese teams have won one silver and two bronze medals at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia Pacific Championship.
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The three-member Sudo team from the University of Engineering and Technology under the Vietnam National University-Hanoi receives a silver medal. (Photo: ICPC Asia Pacific Championship Organising Board)

Hanoi (VNA) – Three Vietnamese teams have wonone silver and two bronze medals at the International Collegiate ProgrammingContest (ICPC) Asia Pacific Championship.

The Sudo team from theUniversity of Engineering and Technology (UET) under the Vietnam NationalUniversity-Hanoi secured a silver medal in the final round of the 2024 ICPC AsiaPacific Championship.

Meanwhile, HCMUS-ExploringWorld from the University of Scienceunder the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City and HUST Kite from theHanoi University of Science and Technology won a bronze medal each.

The championship, hosted byUET, commenced on March 1 and attracted 65 teams from 40 universities across theregion. They had to solve 13 algorithm problems. Sixteen top teams qualify forthe 2024 ICPC World Championship which is scheduled to commence in Kazakhstanin September this year.

The ICPC championship titlewas claimed by the NewTrend team from the Republic of Korea's Seoul NationalUniversity.

Three gold medals were awarded to teams from the NationalUniversity of Singapore, the University of Tokyo, and the University of Kyoto./.

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