General Info
General Info
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!
Welcome to Vietnam Signature Event: New Year's Mayhem : Season 26/27, Vietnam's V5RC first Signature Event.
This is our second year!
Let welcome and celebrate the lunar new year with inovative robots, rivalry, dynamic energy and sportmanship at New Year's Mayhem. Held in Saigon South International School of the vibrant city of Ho Chi Minh, New Year's Mayhem welcomes 70 HS teams from across Asia and beyond to compete in a thrilling three-day tournament as well as participate in skill challenge filled with excitement and energy.
This event is open to high school teams and will provide a skills challenge. . The main event will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday with qualifications and skills, followed by alliance selection and elimination matches on Sunday.
Registration ends at 02-Jan-2027, 12:00 AM (GMT :+7).
Registration fee: 420 USD
IMPORTANT: Please finish payment within 10 days from your registration days
Payment adress:
Bank Name: Standard Chartered Bank (Vietnam) Limited
Beneficiary Name: TRUONG QUOC TE NAM SAI GON
Bank Address: 10th Floor, Saigon Trade Center, 37 Ton Duc Thang Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
SWIFT Code: SCBLVNVXXXX
USD Account: 37307287801
VND Account: 90307287801
Company Address: Nguyen Van Linh Parkway, Tan Hung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
Phone: +84 902 738 255
Reference note: Team number + school name + VEX V5 Signature Event
A reminder email would be sent on 01-Dec-2026, after submission please email the receipt to khotran@ssis.edu.vn and CC dlong@ssis.edu.vn and phuhua@ssis.edu.vn for tracking.
Exchange rate: Please apply a fixed VND–USD exchange rate of 26,000 VND = 1 USD for all conversions.
Important Notes:
Late Arrivals: Teams must be checked in 60 minutes prior to the start of the practice matches so that the match schedule may be printed.
Food: Team are free to order outside for your favorite food, and the school cafe would also provide drinks and snacks for sale.
The deadline to submit a Digital Engineering Notebook is 15-Jan-2027, 12:00PM (GMT :+7)
Teams are required to complete the Consent Form within at least 7 days after registration (Check out this article from Global Robotics and Science Foundation for more details).
*World Spot Eligibility:
Signature Events will be awarded World Championship qualification spots if they meet all established criteria set forth by the Global Robotics and Science Foundation committee. Failure to fully comply with these criteria may result in the event being ineligible to receive World spots, regardless of prior expectations or historical precedent
- Venue
- Saigon South International School
- Address
- 78 Nguyễn Đức Cảnh, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, 700000, Vietnam
- Dates
- February 26 – 28, 2027
- Grade Level
- High School
- Skills Challenge
- Yes
- Judging Format
- Remote Engineering Notebooks
Registration & Logistics
- Event Type
- Open Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control
- Smart Field Control
- Capacity
- 64
- Spots Open
- 0
- Event Region
- Vietnam
- Max Registrations per Org
- 5
- Priority Registration Opens
- 24-Aug-2026 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 7-Sep-2026 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 21-Jan-2027 12:00 EST
- Payment Deadline
- 10 Days after registration, 1-Feb-2027 12:00PM GMT+7 (for after the registration period)
- Price
- USD$420.00 / HK$3293.47
Agenda
Information is subjected to be updated , please check the agenda frequenly for latest update
Check-in ends before driver meeting (Before after driver meeting)
Note: All the time in this agenda follow GMT +7 time zone
Note: the agenda might be updated during the competition
* teams need to check in so that they can be queued for practice matches
Day 1: Friday 26 February 2027 GMT+7 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM Team Check-In & Inspections(check in open before driver meeting) 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Opening Ceremony 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Driver’s Meeting 9:30 AM - 11:00AM Practice Matches & Inspections 11:00AM - 12:00 PM Lunch break 12:00 PM - 3:15 PM Practice Matches & Inspections / skill field open 3:15 PM- 5:30 PM Qualification Matches & Skills Day 2: Saturday 27 February 2027 GMT+7 7:30AM - 12:00 AM Qualification Matches & Skills 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Qualification Matches & Skills
Match #145 will be the final matches of the day.
Day 3: Sunday 28 February 2027 GMT+7 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM Remaining Qualification Matches & Skills 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Alliance selection 11:00 AM Skill field close 10:45 AM.- 12:00 PM Round of 32 and Round 16 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Elimination matches 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Award and closing ceremonyTravel Info
Date: 26-Feb-2027 - 28-Feb-2027 Saigon South International School 78 Nguyễn Đức Cảnh Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, 700000 Vietnam Travel Info TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION Please send us information of your team (coaches and students name, team number and team name) to phuhua@ssis.edu.vn & khotran@ssis.edu.vn for entrance registration. Teams are required to make their own arrangements for travel to and from Vietnam, as well as for accommodation during the event. Our school can support to reccomend some local hotel and transportation methods, please help send us an email if you need assist in finding local hotels and transportation
Judging Format
Judging Format • Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date. • The deadline to submit a Digital Engineering Notebook is 2027 January 22th 12:00PM (GMT :+7) *For the latest award description and judging criteria, head over to library.globalrobotics.org *
Volunteer
Volunteer Due to the large number of teams participating in this event, we are in need of a large number of volunteers to help complete this event, so if you are interested in volunteering, please email the Event Partner! If you are interested in volunteering, please let us know and we will provide you with a certificate of service hours, Please help send us an email at Phuhua@ssis.edu.vn & khotran@ssis.edu.vn if you would like to help offer the students an experience to remember. Thank you
Emergency/Bad-Weather Policy
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy In the case of bad weather conditions or possible cancellations, please visit the event on events.vex.com where updates about the event status will be posted as needed. Event Partners will also make every effort to reach teams directly in case of an emergency. Make sure your team contact information is up to date in your events.vex.com account, as this is the information that will be used to contact your team. Teams should make sure their contact information in events.vex.com is up to date and includes both school and non-school phone numbers. In case of emergency, please help contact the SSIS school nurse through the number : (+84) 909 441 100
- Excellence Award - High School (V5)
- Tournament Champions (V5)
- Robot Skills Champion (V5)
- Amaze Award (V5)
- Build Award (V5)
- Create Award (V5)
- Design Award (V5)
- Energy Award (V5)
- Innovate Award (V5)
- Inspire Award (V5)
- Judges Award (V5)
- Sportsmanship Award (V5)
- Think Award (V5)