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VIETNAM NATIONAL INNOVATION March 2019 IFIA Mag azine

CONTEST FOR YOUTH & CHILDREN

On 23 October 2018, in Hanoi, Vietnam Fund for
Supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) orga- 725 inventions participated in Vietnam Nationwide
nized the Award Ceremony of the 14th Vietnam Na- Innovation Contest in 5 categories including Study
tionwide Innovation Contest for Youth and Children Supplies; software; environmentally friendly prod-
2018 in collaboration with Vietnam Union of Science ucts, household appliances and children’s toys;
and Technology Associations (VUSTA), Ministry of Technical solutions to respond to climate change,
Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and environmental protection and economic develop-
Training, Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, and ment.
Vietnam Television.
The organizers selected and awarded 106 out-
The national children’s creative competition is a con- standing works. Special prize was awarded to Diep
test aimed at stimulating the creativity of science Gia Dang, a pupil of Ly Tu Trong High School, Can
and technology in life, learning and promoting the Thuy District with the solution “Robot Replicat-
creative thinking of children and youth in the whole ing Action”. According to Diep Gia Đăng, robots
country; “Helping children improve their knowledge, simulate action as a human copy, very low com-
train creatively, build their dreams, help them be- mand latency (20ms), high flexibility and accuracy
come future inventors,” said Prof. Dr. Dang Vu Minh, combined with human control allows execution of
President of VUSTA, president of VIFOTEC. many alternative jobs in natural conditions. The
robot also has the ability to memorize simulated
Contestants are youth and children from Vietnam at operations to quickly create new operating cycles,
the age group of 6 -19, the contest especially encour- save programming time, and communicate over
ages children at earlier ages, children in mountain- saved data.
ous areas, island borders and ethnic minority groups.

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