As young adults navigating the complexities of the world, we sometimes forget that deep down, we’re still those carefree kids who live for summer fun.
So, don’t lock away that spirit!
Because Summer belongs to you
Unlock your summer video contest
Submission deadline (Open each for details):
About the contest
Introducing the “UNLOCK YOUR SUMMER” video contest, centered around unplugging the heatwave, unveiling your growth, unleash your potential. This contest is your ticket to escape the dog days of summer through exciting activities, showcasing your learnings, and making the most of this valuable journy with ABROADER.
Inspired by the captivating adventures of “Phineas and Ferb”, this year’s contest invites international students and SEA Vietnam members to ignite their creativity and share their incredible journey with the world.
What are the awards
What you gain as winners
Let the “UNLOCK YOUR SUMMER” video contest be an excellent opportunity for you to learn new skills, connect to other like-mined people and share your stories with the world!
How to participate
Submit your information to the form within your program duration:
Current "locksmiths"
My work life is full of lovely stories! My morning is filled with happiness when receiving an email from our alumni - sharing her journey abroad in Korea after taking the internship with ABROADER. I am proud to see the connections nurtured from our programs and glad to support our alumni in their career.
Happy holidays, Marielena Peters. My team at ABROADER and I are picturing our in-person meet-up! 😊
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𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙! 𝐼𝑡`𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐼`𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝐾𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑝𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒. 𝐼`𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 2 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑎𝑒𝑔𝑢 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠 3-6. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒. 𝑀𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠. 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑏𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝐼 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠! 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟!
𝐼 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐾𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑛𝑎𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡!
𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑜𝑏! 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟.
𝑊𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟!"
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Moments during the final two weeks of placement 🇻🇳 #explore #vietnam #food #travel #explorepage #mekongdelta
Hồ Chí Minh City
November 22-24, 2023
I’ve always wanted to visit HCMC because I have lots of friends there and my huge desire to explore a new city.
After 3 days, even though Sài Gòn treated me well enough, I had to leave to return to my old life. But hey, I’ll come back and visit again.
Loving my time here in Vietnam while on my 3rd year placement at the Canadian International School #vietnam #explorevietnam #cuchitunnels #walkingstreet
THE JOURNEY [2/2]
"Thoughts" has arrived.
What was I thinking while applying to ABROADER, about the first time we met, the first outing and our goodbyes?
Full story is now revealed in these 10 slides
It`s been 3 weeks since I last physically saw and hugged all of you. The following nights, after finishing all the work, I emptied my mind and sat in the bedroom, staring for a long time at that blinking text cursor on the laptop screen. Then I started typing, the blank Word document began to be filled with both English and Vietnamese words. 2 months may sound like a short time, but I feel that the memories we have together seem to be uncountable. Perhaps because of this, my thoughts and recollections have become endless and it took a long time for me to complete this story.
When I found out that Instagram has a caption limit, I spent a few more days editing The Journey into 10 slides above. Actually, this is also a good idea since I can highlight my favorite words as well as help you avoid eye strain when there are too many lines.
I hope you will read my 2 posts somewhere peaceful or when your mind is at ease. I hope you will feel the same way I do right now: Love, Gratitude and Motivation.
Memories are the past, thoughts are the present, and promises are the future. I`ll see what I can do in the following days, months, and years. May the promises come true and wish us all the best 💕
[ADABR2023]
THE JOURNEY [1/2]
Dear Julie, Nam, GESI Team, Anaika, Gaven & Local Buddy Team: If you guys are reading this, please keep doing it.
I`ve been working on this post for a while. Originally, I wanted to upload these photos and write down my thoughts on our journey. But there was a problem: the Instagram caption limit is 2200 characters, meanwhile my essay is nearly 12000.
So, I decided to divide my "THE JOURNEY" topic into 2 parts: Photos & Thoughts. This post will be for us to look back on the past 2 wonderful months, `Thoughts` is now in the process of being completed and will be uploaded soon.
Gratitude is always the first word and emotion that comes to my mind when I think of you all. This is truly a life-changing experience, I`ve learnt so much more than I could imagine, and I am grateful that I`ve met each of you in my life.
Thank you for everything, I love you for infinity 🧡
[ADABR2023]
My beloved friends 🇻🇳
This summer has been wonderful with you here 🫶🏻 I will cherish every moment we spent together for the past 2 months forever! 🥺
I will miss you guys a whole lot, hope we’ll meet again soon!
All the love to you and best wishes for everything 🩵
#summerinternship #vietnam #abroader
#potnc🩵
Feeling so grateful and loved. Thank you (cảm ơn) to my Vietnamese family for such a special memory. ❤️
Another bittersweet farewell 🥹
Glad to know everyone for the past 2-month here in Vietnam 🇻🇳 I definitely miss you all so much, best of luck with everything my friends! 😊
Hope to see you very soon! 🫶🏻🫰🏻
#summerinternship #vietnam #abroader
#potnc🩵
@charlotteborlex Six weeks went by too fast #studyabroad #internabroad @ABROADER @Central Michigan University @kayavolunteer ♬ original sound - charlotte
Guidance FAQ
Content Suggestions
The easiest way to make short videos are by answering a single question at a time (your video is the answer), here are a few sample questions or video captions:
- Why do I choose Vietnam for my summer internship?
- How I mastered the art of physiotherapy in a month
- Learning any foreign language by doing this (with the help of SEA Vietnam)
- How I design an “Apple Park” like building in Vietnam…
- Day in a life of a Web-design intern in a fastest growing city in the world
- What impact do you think your local project in Vietnam can contribute to your career path?
Note:
- A good video includes 3 factors: keep it short, less is more, and make it fun, informative, and story-telling!
- The award description hints at the kind of content you should make
→ You can watch our template video about Marketing Intern at ABROADER here: Demo video
At host companies/ coffee shops/ restaurants/ museums/ local food/others
- Activities of your day/ story-telling/ vlog…
- Hanging out together/ Reaching for help/ Birthday surprises/others…
Vietnamese cuisine/ traditional ao dai/ local-life setup
Follow the structure: What/ When/ Why/ Who/ How
What are your roles in the company, what you have to do at work.
How is the work culture, is it different from yours?
Video Format
Aspect ratio: 9:16 / vertical for shorts/reels/TikTok;
Video resolution: from 1080p to 4k
Video format: MOV/MP4