Ho Chi Minh City
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City, sometimes still called Saigon, is a flourishing modern metropolis intertwined with historical landmarks, street food, and market stalls. Alongside hip coffee bars selling locally-grown coffee and high-fashion boutiques, students will find family-run food stalls selling authentic, affordable dishes and textile market stalls where haggling is the norm. It’s a beautiful, chaotic city that’s also classically Vietnamese.
Over the past several decades, Ho Chi Minh City has built its reputation as the economic hub of Vietnam, with new shopping malls, public transportation, and a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit. Every industry, from tourism to fashion to finance to tech can be found here.
Internship Duties & Sectors
Internship assignments vary and are highly customizable. Explore the dropdowns below to learn more about the unique characteristics this location has to offer for internships in each sector.
Art + Design
Ho Chi Minh City beautifully blends the old and the new, where architecture, fashion, and all forms of art are expressed and celebrated. The city has many contemporary art galleries, historical museums, and street art for an extra daily dose of inspiration.
Business + Accounting
Ho Chi Minh City is currently a secondary global financial center, with aspirations to become the second largest international financial center in SE Asia, after Singapore, over the next several decades. The city has more than 200 Fintech companies and a variety of small to large businesses where students can intern.
Data Science
Data Science is a field of ever-growing importance across industries. The need for workers in this field is growing exponentially, and students will be able to work at any number of businesses and organizations that will need research and analytical work performed.
Education + Administration
Vietnam has a very high literacy rate and therefore places high value on education. Students can teach English or intern in many of the local or international schools and organizations throughout Ho Chi Minh City.
Environment + Sustainability
Vietnam has been ranked 16th in terms of most biologically diverse countries. There are nearly 16,000 species of plant life and a tenth are only found in this area. Vietnam opened its first national park in 1962, which is home to a number of animal protection centers that seek to protect endangered primates, pangolins, turtles, and more. Interns will be able to contribute to this field and will likely work for organizations with goals of sustainability, conservation, and the protection of biodiversity.
Journalism + Communications
In Vietnam, the Communist Party control all forms of media, which could offer journalism interns the opportunity to experience state-run media. Otherwise, there are hundreds of exciting, entrepreneurial businesses where students can intern in PR, Marketing, and Communications.
NGO + Nonprofits
Ho Chi Minh City is a fascinating place to intern at an NGO or nonprofit. Various charities and organizations are working to improve human rights, pollution, literacy, public health, poverty, conservation, and more. Students will be able to find an internship that allows them to make a meanful impact in Vietnam.
Social Sciences
Vietnam did not always have a friendly relationship with the US. Interning in Ho Chi Minh City will give students a unique experience in a very politically, socially, and economically different country than their own. At the same time, tourism, hospitality, and language translation internships are plentiful.
STEM + Healthcare
Ho Chi Minh city offers some of the best medical care in Vietnam while also attracting Fintech, traditional tech, and green tech companies of all types. Students in any STEM discipline will find Ho Chi Minh City to be a fascinating and valueable place to intern.
*Please note that not all STEM and Healthcare-related internship placements earn 12 credits or last for 8 weeks.
Questions?
Please contact Yifang Zhang, GlobalWorks Program Manager
Email: globalworks@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5088
Southeast Asia
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
8.6 million
2020 POPULATION
Vietnamese
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
8 weeks
PROGRAM LENGTH
Furnished Apartment
HOUSING