The IAIO was initiated by Professor John Shawe-Taylor, president of the competitors and director of the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence, or IRCAI. It is a specialised tutorial competitors that offers faculty college students worldwide alternatives to discover rising technological challenges.
At IAIO 2026 in Slovenia, the Vietnamese scholar delegation gained two silver medals and one bronze medal. The outcomes offered a powerful basis for the Research Institute for Innovation and Quality Assessment, or RIVA, to carry the competitors to Vietnam subsequent 12 months.
This would be the first time Vietnam has hosted the IAIO and the first time the occasion has been held in Southeast Asia.
IAIO 2027 is scheduled to happen in Da Nang from February 25 to March 2, 2027. It is anticipated to entice about 300 delegates from greater than 40 international locations and territories, creating a serious alternative for Vietnamese college students to interact in worldwide tutorial exchanges.
Selecting Vietnam’s nationwide crew
Nguyen Quyet Chien, General Secretary of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, speaks on the launch of the Vietnam Artificial Intelligence Olympiad on July 17. Photo: Du Lam
To put together a crew to compete on residence soil, the Vietnam Artificial Intelligence Olympiad has formally begun.
VAIO 2027 is open to center and highschool college students nationwide, with the purpose of figuring out and nurturing these with talents in arithmetic, pc science, programming and AI.
The VAIO 2027 National Qualifying Round is scheduled for October 18, 2026, at a number of areas throughout the nation.
The National Final is anticipated to happen in Hanoi on January 10, 2027, choosing the strongest college students to type Vietnam’s nationwide crew for IAIO 2027.
A spotlight past medals
Speaking on the launch ceremony on July 17, Nguyen Quyet Chien, General Secretary of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, or VUSTA, mentioned VAIO 2027 was not targeted solely on competitors outcomes but additionally aimed to create lasting instructional worth.
Each downside is designed to encourage college students to develop computational considering, impartial studying abilities and a spirit of collaboration. These capabilities will help information them towards careers in key fields reminiscent of knowledge, automation and AI.
The group of VAIO 2027 and Vietnam’s internet hosting of IAIO 2027 come because the nation steps up the implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution 57 on breakthroughs within the growth of science, expertise, innovation and nationwide digital transformation.
“Identifying, nurturing and developing high-quality human resources, particularly young people with capabilities in digital technology and AI, is a task of great importance to the country’s future development,” Chien mentioned.
“The competition’s most important goal is not simply to win medals, but to inspire a passion for science and foster innovative thinking, a sense of responsibility and a desire among young people to contribute to development,” he added.
To efficiently arrange this massive sequence of occasions, the Organizing Committee is coordinating intently with related ministries, businesses and different our bodies.
It can be calling on colleges, consultants and expertise corporations to assist contestants by offering recommendation, coaching and sensible studying environments.
Technical data, competitors guidelines and official registration steerage will quickly be printed by this system’s data channels.
Du Lam