Vietnam to send 20 teams to VEX Robotics World Championship 2023
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is allowed to send 20 teams to the VEX Robotics World
Championship 2023 (VEX Worlds), scheduled to be held in May this year in Dallas city in the US state of Texas, according
to the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation which involves in the organisation
of robotics competitions.
Held annually,
the VEX Robotics World Championship, the largest robotics competition in the
world, attracts more than 3,000 teams from over 60 countries.
To select the
best teams representing Vietnam to compete at the championship, STEAM for
Vietnam, in coordination with the American Centre and Hanoi University of
Science and Technology (HUST), organised the National VEX IQ Robotics
Championship 2023.
The tournament
will take place on February 26 at HUST. It brings together 145 teams and 684
students from 152 elementary and junior high schools in 27 provinces and
cities.
The tournament is expected to help students
across the country have hands-on experiences in science, technology,
engineering, and math. It also enables the students to develop necessary soft skills for the future, such as
computational thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.
According to Tran Viet Hung, Co-founder of STEAM for Vietnam Foundation, by participating in the VEX Worlds, Vietnamese students will gradually gain the essential skills to be able to compete in the global market in the future./.