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Leadership Development & Doing Business in Vietnam
This program has been built to help students build on their leadership and teamwork skills through team building activities at the same time hone their intercultural communication competence and business insights in order to live and be an entrepreneur in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.
- Tradition and modernity experienced at once
- Experience life in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, the Pearl of the Far East and nowadays the most bustling city of Vietnam
- Overnight excursion with traditional homestay in Mekong Delta, river exploration of villages and boat excursion to the Cai Be or Cai Rang floating markets and opportunity for a walking exploration of little workshops for the production of rice paper, rice crispy, and honey and coconut candy
- Highly engage with the local community through cultural activities, conversations with a variety of local inhabitants from diverse backgrounds about their work and family lives and most importantly the volunteer project to help out in a meaningful way
Tentative location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Duration: 15 days
Tentative program itinerary:
Day 1: Arrival in Ho Chi Minh City, Hotel check-in
Day 2: Acclimate, Orientation & Welcome Dinner
Day 3: City tour themed “History & Culture”
Day 4 – 8: Guest lectures & Site visits to local and international organizations
Topics covered:
- Vietnamese culture, including how it affects the way people do business
- Vietnamese politics: how the government works and how decisions are made
- Vietnam’s economy: current trends – the past & today
- Opening a company in Vietnam: what you should know
- Vietnam: A start-up nation
Day 9 & 11: Overnight tour to the Mekong Delta
Day 12: Free day
Day 13 & 14: Volunteer Days, Farewell Dinner
Day 15: Hotel check-out; Departure from Ho Chi Minh City
All activities listed above are subject to change in case of unexpected circumstances or companies/organizations' unavailability.
We customize the itinerary to best meet your needs and objectives; thus, there will be no programs at the same price.
What's usually included in our price?
- Airport transfer
- Accommodation: 3-star hotel, twin room, same-gender/room, single room for university faculty, free Wi-Fi and room service
- Meals: Breakfast at hotel; welcome and farewell dinners; other meals as listed in the itinerary
- Program development
- Program coordinator accompanies the group in every activity for the whole program;
- Local buddies arrangement (if requested)
- On-site orientation;
- Company visits arrangement;
- Guide and entrance fees for all excursions as listed in the itinerary
- Transportation as described in the program itinerary
- 24/7 emergency contact number (SOS card);
- All gratuities to bus drivers, tour guides and/ or similar;
- Fee for at least 1 faculty or employee from the university to join in program activities with students in Vietnam.
Step 1: Please take some minutes to fill out this online questionnaire. Our Program Manager will then contact you for a free consultation meeting to discuss your customized program in more detail.
Step 2: We finalize and send you the program proposal(s) for your institution’s approval.
Step 3: Partnership agreement/Program Contract signed
Step 4: Implementation
Things to do on your end
- Market your program on campus and process students’ applications
- Approve and finalize academic content for the program
- Work closely with ABROADER's Program Manager to finalize all activities and logistics needed for your program (airfare, housing, airport pickup, classroom, excursions, site visits, etc.)
- Collect students’ program fees
- Hold pre-departure meeting and orientation
* If you feel overwhelmed, please rest assured that we are always here to support any of the things you are supposed to do at this step.
Thing we do on our end
- Finalize the overall program schedule
- Produce or support the production of marketing materials for your program
- Arrange all necessary logistics, site visits and cultural excursions for your program
- Provide support for the pre-departure meeting and orientation
Step 5: Your program starts - you and your students arrive in Vietnam or another program location in Southeast Asia.
Step 6: While in the program location, you teach the course, we take care of all the other activities and logistics for your program.
Step 7: Your program ends – the group departs from the program location. After you return home, there will be an evaluation meeting for us to review your program for future improvements and planning.
We endeavour to guarantee that through every stage of our process, issues like power and privilege, diversity and inclusion, community voice and reciprocity are taken into full consideration to make sure that every stakeholder is heard and included.