Students joining the competition
With a mission to bring free world-class STEAM education to Vietnamese students, STEAM for Vietnam Foundation and partners have launched the initiative “A Year of Robotics” to ensure that Vietnamese students receive comparable opportunities to learn and practice modern robotics components and compete in global robotics tournaments, similar to their US counterparts. The course: CS201- Introduction to Robotics Design and Programming with VEX IQ, organised by STEAM for Vietnam Foundation, has built a network of 500 teachers and more than 600 students participating across Vietnam, including those from rural areas such as Phu Quy Island District in Binh Thuan. These programmes help eliminate inequities related to gender, ethnicity, and geography, and bring STEAM education closer to local communities.
Following the success of the 2022 National Robotics Friendly Tournament, event sponsors have set an ambitious goal to organise a 2023 Vietnam VEX IQ National Robotics Championship following international standards outlined by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (REC) with the aspiration of bringing ten Vietnamese teams to compete at the world's largest robotics competition: VEX Robotics World Championship 2023 in Dallas, Texas, US.
The 2023 Vietnam VEX IQ National Robotics Championship will consist of a primary student group for students aged 12 and under, and a junior student group for those aged 15 and under. The programme hopes to attract approximately 250 teams nationwide. The 2023 Vietnam VEX IQ National Robotics Championship is a large-scale robotics tournament to help students across the country gain hands-on experience in science, technology, engineering, and math, furthering their learning outcomes. Additionally, students will develop necessary software skills for the future, such as computational thinking and problem-solving, as well as teamwork skills.