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Students top global programming challenge

Three Vietnamese have topped the global ranking of the IEEEXtreme Programming Competition, a global challenge that brought thousands of students from around the world together into a 24-hour event.
Students top global programming challenge ảnh 1The HCMUSBurnedTomatoes group (Source: HCMUS)
Hanoi (VNA) – Three Vietnamese have toppedthe global ranking of the IEEEXtreme Programming Competition, a globalchallenge that brought thousands of students from around the world togetherinto a 24-hour event.

The trio consists of Le Bao Hiep, Nguyen Vu Dang Huy, and Ho NgocVinh Phat from the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City’s Universityof Science.

The success of their group, named HCMUSBurnedTomatoes, markedthe fourth consecutive years since 2019 the university having students amongthose leading the competition’s rankings.

Operated by the Institute of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers (IEEE), the virtual contest took place from 7am on October 22 to 7am onthe next day. This year, it gathered more than 12,000 students from 4,271 teamsworldwide.

In addition to the winning team, the HCMUSHenoWorld, anothergroup from the University of Science, finished at the 7th place inthe world and 5th in the Asia-Pacific region./.

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