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Indonesia leads at Bangkok tech exposition

Thirty-seven innovation projects of Indonesian students have won prizes at the 2018 Intellectual Property Invention, Innovation and Technology Exposition (IPITEX) competition in Bangkok, Thailand.
Jakarta (VNA) – Thirty-seveninnovation projects of Indonesian students have won prizes at the 2018Intellectual Property Invention, Innovation and Technology Exposition (IPITEX)competition in Bangkok, Thailand.

Indonesian youngsters won 15 gold, seven silverand 15 bronze medals, a remarkable achievement that shows the country’scompetitiveness in technology.

The IPITEX 2018 competition is held annually bythe National Research Council of Thailand from February 2-6 with theparticipation of more than 30 countries and territories, including Indonesia,Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Japan, China, thePhilippines, India, Iran, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Poland,Romania, the UK, Libyan, Russia, China’s Macao, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

More than 1,000 innovations from variouscategories such as engineering, agriculture, chemistry, biology, machinery,design and medicine competed at the event.-VNA

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