Vietnamese Talents
28 Vietnamese youth to be selected to join SSEAYP 2019
  • | nhandan | March 02, 2019 04:16 PM
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and the National Committee on Youth of Vietnam are in the process of selecting 28 talented Vietnamese youth to join the 46th Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Programme (SSEAYP) 2019.


 

Vietnamese youth at SSEAYP 2018

Applicants for the programme must be Vietnamese citizens from 18 to 30 years old (until April 1, 2019), who are fluent in English, have good health, and non-pregnant women. Furthermore, it is necessary to understand the country, people, history, politics, culture, society, economics and Vietnamese youth. In addition, delegates must also have knowledge of ASEAN and Japan, relations between Vietnam - ASEAN, ASEAN - Japan, Vietnam - Japan, and interest and understanding of topical issues in the region and around the world.

The first round of the selection process will start from now until 11:30 am on March 25, 2016. The second round is expected to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the middle of April 2014. The third round is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City in May 2019.

Begun in January 1974, SSEAYP is an annual programme sponsored by the Japanese Government and supported by the member-countries of ASEAN.

It brings together youths from ASEAN countries and Japan and provides them with the unique opportunity to live together on board the Nippon Maru Ship.

The programme aims to enhance young leaders’ understanding of and appreciation for cross-straits relations and regional concerns through interaction with prominent industry players, thought leaders and foreign dignitaries, in addition to widening networks and broadening perspectives with fellow youth leaders from Japan, and ASEAN Activities including discussions, institutional visits, courtesy calls on foreign dignitaries, homestays and cultural exchanges.

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