Software of Pham Huu Ngon enters final round of Vietnam Talent Contest 2005

The Vietnam Talent Contest 2005 has so far attracted 414 contestants with 174 products, according to the organizing board of the contest. The contest is hosted by the Association of Academic Incentive (AAI) coordinated with Vietnam Data communication Company (VDC) and Vietnam Television (VTV).

Pham Huu Ngon

The Vietnam Talent Contest 2005 has so far attracted 414 contestants with 174 products, according to the organizing board of the contest. The contest is hosted by the Association of Academic Incentive (AAI)  coordinated with Vietnam Data communication Company (VDC) and Vietnam Television (VTV).

Vietnam Talent Contest 2005 is the largest to date in Information Technology and telecommunications. The contest aims to discover IT talents of all ages from Vietnam and around the world by offering up a first prize of VND100mil, along with sponsorship awards for hardware and software products and network solutions.

The organization board just announced that the top 14 entries from preliminary rounds are entered in the Final Selection Round. The awards ceremony will fall on Vietnamese Teacher’s Day (November 20, 2005) with a live program broadcast nationwide on VTV3 Channel.

Software as designed by Pham Huu Ngon, former student at Luong The Vinh Senior High School, Dong Nai province, the present student at the University of Technology in Ho Chi Minh City was ranked among the top 14 qualified in the final round of Vietnam Talent Contest 2005. The 3DProS programme scripted by Ngon came fifth in the rendering event of the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2004 held by in Brazil. Besides, software product made by Ngon was also ranked amongst the top 14 in this year’s Vietnam Intelligence Contest. Ngon together with two students from HCM City University of Technology will attend the 2005 ACM/ICPC held in Iran in the beginning of 2005.

Kim Tuan