HANOI, May 10 (Xinhua) -- As many as 32 teams with 224 candidates from universities and colleges across Vietnam are competing in the National Robot Contest (Robocon 2017).
The contest, which opened in Vietnam's northern Ninh Binh province on Tuesday evening, is themed "Conquer the flying saucer," reported local media on Wednesday.
The teams are divided in eight groups, with four teams each, playing in a round-robin schedule. The winner of Robocon 2017 will represent Vietnam at the 2017 Asia-Pacific Robot Contest, which is scheduled in Japan in August.
The winning team will be rewarded with a total prize of over 3,600 U.S. dollars.
This is the 16th year that Vietnam has held Robocon, and the second consecutive year the contest has been hosted by Ninh Binh, some 90 km south of capital Hanoi.
The contest will last till Sunday.
