Summer in Vietnam   Is This the Right Program for You?

The Brockport Vietnam Program in Danang provides participants an international adventure in an exciting, safe, friendly, and historically rich community with a political system and social traditions that are fascinating. Participants will take classes in language, culture, politics, and history from professors that also teach at Danang University (the state university), Duy Tan University (a private university), and The School of Politics (a state political education institute). Each institution will expose students to different philosophies and teaching approaches in Vietnam. Students also perform community service at a variety of locations including a group home for disabled children, nursing home, teaching English to local students, etc.

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Danang is the capital of Central Vietnam, about 400 miles midway between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). The small city is on the shore of the beautiful South China Sea and the Han River. It is a safe, tropical, quiet city that reflects a rich culture and tradition. Once the scene of a massive US military build-up, it now welcomes the Brockport Vietnam Program and its students as friends. The city is proximate to the mountains, seashore, museums, historical sites, tropical forests, recreational facilities, and a variety of fascinating activities. English is a fast-developing second language in the city. Americans are welcomed, not with a recollection of the past, but with a focus on the present and the future. Exciting shopping, recreation, eating, and social resources are everywhere.

Visit the city website: http://www.danangtourism.com.vn/

The Brockport Vietnam Program offers you the opportunity to:

• Build bridges of friendships between our two nations.
• Live and study in a vibrant developing city in a comfortable yet challenging academic atmosphere.
• Improve your understanding of Vietnamese Language, Culture, History, and its traditions.
• Study Vietnamese language at any level of proficiency.
• Be privately tutored in Vietnamese Language outside of regular instruction.
• Receive instruction in courses specifically designed for program participants in English.

Your experience in Vietnam will:

• Provide the opportunity to experience the satisfaction of helping local Vietnamese through community service sponsored by US charitable fund http://www.danangquangnamfund.org.
• Foster development of a deeper understanding of yourself and Vietnam.
• Change your view of the world.
• Change THE WORLD.

In Vietnam you will:

• Live with other program students in our spacious program house with modern facilities (internet, air conditioning in bedrooms, some ensuite bathrooms, lounge with TV, VCR, and Karaoke, etc...).
• Enjoy home cooked meals by program staff (breakfast, lunch and dinner), daily room and linen cleaning, daily laundry service.
• Receive comprehensive orientation from Resident Director and Vietnamese staff upon arrival.
• Enjoy an extensive program of field trips and excursions.
• Have numerous and continual opportunities to interact with local Vietnamese and participate in traditional ceremonies and holiday celebrations.