The BKZ team from the Da Nang Polytechnic University won first prize in a contest held January 29-30 for its design of a bomb- and landmine-disarming robot.

While other schools around the globe have encouraged students to evaluate their teachers for years, assessing their instructors is new to Vietnamese youth. In a conservative country with an age-old tradition of respect for teachers, expressing constructive criticism is uncomfortable for many young people.