The national qualifying round of the world's largest robot competition FIRST® LEGO® LEAGUE, with more than 110 countries and more than 500,000 STEM robot enthusiasts participating every year, recently took place in Vietnam.

This is an event in the STEAM Robot ROBOTACON competition system series organized by the Danish Embassy and Viet Tinh Anh JSC - FIRST®'s partner in Vietnam.

It is meant for students aged six to 16 who are interested in robotics, which is based on science, technology, engineering, and math (S.T.E.M).

EUREKA – MASTER consists of students from UK ACADEMY Hue School, Quang Trung Primary School, Nguyen Trai Primary School, Phuong Hoang Primary School, Ly Thuong Kiet Primary School. Source: Danish Embassy in Vietnam

The FIRST® LEGO® LEAGUE contest with the theme "Masterpiece" took place in Vietnam with the participation of more than 500 students from elementary to high school levels and centers nationwide.

After finishing the national round at the Ho Chi Minh City-based United Kingdom Academy International School, Binh Thanh Campus, and Hanoi's Everest School, the organizing committee has found the winning teams to compete for the competition groups to represent Vietnam in the world finals that will take place in Houston (Texas, USA) next April.

Three leading teams are EUREKA – MASTER (Explore round in the Central and Southern regions), TTECHTITANS (Explore round in the Northern region), and RUBBER DUCK (Challenge round).

In addition, the next ranked teams are NSHM SAO THUY and SHINING GLORY in the Explore round; HANOI ACADEMY and NEO RECORD in the Challenge round will also represent Vietnam to participate in the world playground system of the competition taking place in the US.

TECHTITANS from WELLSPRING Hanoi. Source: Danish Embassy in Vietnam

RUBBER DUCK consists of students from Canadian International School, Dien Bien Secondary School, VINSCHOOL, ISHCMC Ho Chi Minh International School, DELTA GLOBAL SCHOOL, Nguyen Sieu School. Source: Danish Embassy in Vietnam

According to VNA, STEM is considered a highly promising field. However, in Vietnam, the proportion of university students in STEM-related fields is relatively low compared to other countries in the region and Europe, especially in fields such as Science and Mathematics.

The Ministry of Education and Training's data shows that the number of university students studying STEM fields in the country is only about 55 students per ten thousand people. The percentage of university students in STEM fields has ranged from 27% to 30% of all university students in Vietnam in recent years.

In 2021, this rate reached approximately 28.7%. This percentage was much lower than some other countries in the region and Europe. Furthermore, the postgraduate STEM education in Vietnam is quite modest compared to developed countries, and it constitutes a very small proportion of the total scale of education across all fields.

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