Vietnam finishes 2nd runner-up at ABU Robocon

Vietnam’s Lac Hong University team came third at the ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2011 (ABU Robocon 2011), which closed in Bangkok , Thailand on August 28.

In addition to sharing the bronze medal with their peers from Indonesia ’s Batam Polytechnic University , the Vietnamese students also bagged the Toyota Award.

The Thailand 1 team from the Dhurakij Pundit University and the Thailand 2 from the Kampaengphet Technical College won the Grand Prix and first runner-up.

The two-day contest, themed “Loy Krathong, Lighting Happiness with Friendship”, drew the participation of 19 teams from universities and colleges of 18 Asia-Pacific regional countries.

Initiated by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in 2002, the biennial contest aims to develop creativeness, inventiveness and new study methods for young people in the Asia-Pacific region and offer them opportunities to strengthen exchanges for mutual understanding.

Vietnam’s teams have so far won gold medals in 2002, 2004 and 2006 and a silver medal in 2010 at this contest, which is held in rotation in its member countries./.

Youths' efforts yield socio-economic fruits

Many activities were carried out across the nation during the Vietnam’s Youth Month, an annual festivity taking place in March to celebrate the establishment of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU), contributing to the nation’s socio-economic development, heard a conference held by the union's Central Committee in Hanoi on April 23.

Youngsters join hands to preserve traditional outfits

With a desire to preserve and promote the cultural values of traditional outfits, youngsters from the Department of Journalism and Writing at the University of Hanoi Culture organised an arts programme reviving the clothing of the later Le Dynasty, attracting students from various universities around the capital.