249 projects participated in the National Science and Technology Competition held in Nghe An

This is the first time Nghe An has hosted this competition. This year's competition brings together 34 delegations from provinces and cities from Thua Thien Hue and some universities with general education training (University of Education, University of Natural Sciences, Hanoi National University of Education and Vinh University) with 249 projects in 21 fields.

Among them, the fields with the most participating projects are Social and Behavioral Sciences (43 projects), Mechanical Engineering (42 projects), Embedded Systems (28 projects), Biomedical and Health Sciences (19 projects). The fields of Plant Sciences and Chemical Energy each have 1 participating project.

Hong Son Secondary School's project participated in the National Science and Technology Competition. Photo: My Ha

According to the plan, this year's competition will be held for 4 days from March 10 to 13, 2018 at 3 main locations: Labor Cultural House, Giao Te Hotel Conference Center, Vinh University. During the competition, there will be other activities such as: Workshop on Science and Technology Creativity Experience Activities according to the development orientation and qualities of students, exchanges between participating units. To prepare for this competition, Nghe An has mobilized nearly 80 volunteers to support the units.

Coming to this year's competition, Nghe An delegation has 18 projects in various fields, including 14 projects at high school level and 4 projects at middle school level. These are excellent projects that won first prize at the provincial science and technology innovation competition.

The organizing committee will judge the awards for each field. The projects that win the first prize in each field group and wish to be selected to compete internationally will participate in the team selection round. In this round, the contestants will present a summary of their project and answer an interview in English.