Vietnam to host 2024 ICPC Asia Pacific Championship
VOV.VN - The 2024 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia Pacific Championships is set to run from February 29 to March 3 in Hanoi.
The event, to be co-hosted by the University of Engineering and Technology under the Vietnam National University Hanoi (UET-VNU), and the Vietnam Association for Information Processing (VAIP), is expected to attract 64 teams from different countries, including 12 teams from Vietnam.
The opening ceremony of the championships will be held at on March 1 at the Vietnam National University in Hanoi.
The morning of March 2 will see contestants attend a five-hour contest, with the winners to be awarded in the afternoon.
All participants will have the chance to visit Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO-recognised World Heritage site in the northern province of Quang Ninh, before returning home.
According to the organising board, the competition is expected to provide a new playground, thereby encouraging the movement of learning computer science and looking for young computing talents.
The winning team will stand a chance to take part in the 2024 global ICPC Finals which will be held in Kazakhstan in September.
Vietnam was officially approved to organise the ICPC contest in 2006 and won a bronze medal in 2022.
