The Da Nang Contest for Young IT Talents 2014 for pupils from local primary, junior and senior high schools is being held in the city from 21 - 24 April.  The opening ceremony of the event took place at the Le Quy Don Senior High School for Gifted Students on Monday afternoon.  Winning contestants will be announced at an awards ceremony on Thursday (24 April).

The contest is being jointly organised by the Da Nang Youth Union, the city’s departments of Education and Training, Information and Communications, and Science and Technology, the Softech company, the FPT Polytechnic, and the IT Association.

Young contestants at the opening ceremony (Photo: giaoducthoidai.vn)

The most talented contestants will be selected to participate in the city’s intensive IT training courses.  From there, they will represent Da Nang at the 20^th National Contest for Young IT Talents, which is being held in Ha Noi in August.