Viet Nam will send 24 teams of primary school students to compete at the International Robotics Competition in the Philippines on Saturday.— File Photo

DA NANG (VNS)— Viet Nam will send 24 teams of primary school students to compete at the International Robotics Competition in the Philippines on Saturday.

The teams, all from Ha Noi, HCM City and Da Nang, excelled in the junior and senior divisions at the National Robothon (Robot) Competition in Da Nang early this month.

Vietnamese primary school students will challenge 46 teams from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines in the annual competition.

All participating teams will have to programme an automatic robot.

Robotics programmes have been introduced to over 3,000 primary school students in Ha Noi, Da Nang and HCM City since 2011. — VNS