The seventh the 7th International Contest and Exhibition for Young Innovators opened in Hanoi on December 16.

The event was organised by the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Association (VUSTA), the Ministries of Finance, Public Security and Foreign Trade and the Vietnam Innovation Fund of Science and Technology (VIFOTEC). It attracted representatives from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation and delegates from Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong (China), Taiwan (China) and Vietnam.

More than 400 contestants who are adolescents and young people at the age of 6-19 from 22 countries and territories attended the contest and exhibition. Vietnam is represented by more than 100 students from 25 provinces and cities with 89 projects and products, many of which have been already applied widely and proved their usefulness.

They competed in five fields of learning aids, software, children toys and entertainment tools, environmental protection solutions and energy saving measures.

The exhibition is held at the Hanoi Friendship Palace on December 16-18.

Source: VOV