Language is the best way to learn any culture, and discovering the culture is the best way to understanding the people. With this in mind, we offer our seven days of Language and Cultural program where you will enjoy learning Vietnamese, experience the culture, the history, the tradition, and take pleasure in getting acquainted with the life style and local cuisine. This is the best introduction you can get about Vietnam.

Sample Program Itinerary

Day 0: Airport Arrival, pick-up and transfer to a hostel or hotel at Saigon central (approx. 0.5 hour drive)

Day 1: General orientation and informative presentation about Vietnamese life style, culture, customs and others. Take the first Vietnamese lesson

Day 2: Keep studying Vietnamese; then begin exploring city with some unique pagodas, Thien Hau in China town, the most ancient pagoda Giac Lam to look at a Buddhist mass directly because this religious group has affected Vietnamese life style a lot.

Day 3: Continuing discovering Vietnamese language during the morning. After class, you will take a trip in order to experience Vietnam’s past in historical museum, Reunification palace and Hochi Minh finest’s examples French colonial architecture with a visit to the Notre Dame cathedral, Central Post office as well.

Day 4-5: Market trips to the biggest market -Binh Tay, and An Dong- the biggest whole sale one along with Ben Thanh after the class would be chance for you to enjoy originally local people’s daily life and which will be a chance for you to practice your lessons that you have just learnt; in addition to have an honest look into Vietnamese society nowadays.

Day 6: Vietnamese language keeps going; enjoy some free time on City Street at night

Day 7: End of the lessons, review, evaluation and party.

Location

One-week language and cultural program takes place in Ho Chi Minh City, popularly known as Saigon. Ho Chi Minh City, a commercial hub of southern Vietnam, is the largest city in Vietnam and is located near the Mekong Delta. Volunteers in Vietnam will have the exciting opportunity to explore an area from the Mekong Delta to the eye-catching coastline of central Vietnam and the rocky mountains of the north.