The Java# teamfrom the University of Technology under the VNU – Hanoi, the onlyVietnamese representative at the contest, solved six out of 13 problems,ranking 20 th out of 128 teams, the best result Vietnam has everacquired in the contest.
Since 2006, Vietnam hasbeen ranked among the 100 most outstanding teams across the worldcompeting in the contests, the team’s coach Ho Dac Phuong said.
This year was the fourth time the University of Technology – VNU,Hanoi secured its seat in the final round of the annual global ACM/ICPCcontest, Phuong added.
ACM / ICPC is aninternational programming contest for students. It attracts youth fromaround the world who excel at programming and algorithms.
The contest was first held in the United States in 1977 under theauspices of the Association for Computing Machinery – ACM. It has beenopen world-wide to IT students since 1989.-VNA