Australian students show growing interest in Vietnam

Monday, 26/09/2016 20:33
(CPV) - Next year, 340 Australian undergraduate students will study and undertake internships in Vietnam under the Australian Government’s flagship New Colombo Plan (NPC) education program.

This number has increased by over 35% compared to 2016 and is more than double the number of students in 2015, when Vietnam first joined the program. In 2017, Vietnam ranks 7th among 38 eligible host countries/locations in the Indo-Pacific region in terms of number of students enrolled.

"The outcomes show Australian students’ increasing interest in Vietnam and this is a wonderful compliment to the strong and long-lasting education ties between our two countries. I strongly believe that the new insights and understanding about Vietnam as well as new friendships that Australian students have established here in Vietnam will benefit the bilateral relations between our two countries for a long time,” said Mr Craig Chittick, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam.


Students from Adelaide University visiting a community-led tourism project in Mai Chau.


Twelve Australian design students from Swinburne University are studying Hanoi’s unique architecture. (Photos: Binh Chau)

Lauren Tropeano, a student from the University of Adelaide, was on a four weeks study tour in Vietnam in July 2016 said “Vietnam was my first experience of South East Asia. It was a humid, beautiful, rewarding, friendship-building, career-confirming, and often challenging, whirlwind fours weeks. Visiting and connecting with local and international NGOs provided a really unique perspective to complement the more theoretical aspects of my degree. It was also truly rewarding to interact with local people beyond the 'tourist' level. I hope it was my first trip to Vietnam of many more to come”.

According to a source from the Australian Embassy Hanoi on September 26th, next year, students from 22 Australian universities will study and undertake internships at over 30 institutions in Vietnam in a broad range of areas including business management, education, health, engineering, hospitality, urban design and regional planning.

The NCP is a signature initiative of the Australian Government to lift knowledge of the Indo-Pacific by supporting Australian undergraduate students to carry out part of their study and undertake internships in the region.

By 2017, the total number of Australian undergraduate students who live, study and take up internships in countries in the Indo-Pacific region under the NCP mobility program will exceed 17,000./.

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