GLOBAL PASSPORT INTERN’S BOOKLET AIESEC FTU HN

AUGUST 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENT

PART I: PROJECT INTRODUCTION. ………. 3

1. General information. ………. 3

2. Program objective. ………. 4

3. Goal. ………. 4

4. Activities. ………. 4

5. Project timeline. ………. 5

PART II: INTERN’S WORK INFORMATION. ………. 6

1. JDs. ………. 6

2. Learning points. ………. 7

3. Typical intern agenda. ………. 7

4. Working condition. ………. 7

5. Requirement. ………. 7

6. TN instruction. ………. 8

PART III: AMAZING VIETNAM! ………. 9

1. Places you should visit ………. 9

2. Things you should try ………. 11

PART IV: CONTACT. ………. 13

1. OC Contact. ………. 13

2. Reference. ………. 13

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PART I: PROJECT INTRODUCTION.

1. GENERAL INFORMATION.

Vietnam, a beautiful country with marvelous landscape and culture, is on its way to adapt with the

fast pace of globalization and world changing development. After years of wars and the afterward

reconstruction, Vietnam has done a good job bringing education and economy to a higher level, which

helps a lot in empowering the new generations to develop and make change to the new world. Still,

the huge population, the disparity, together with the lack of skills and knowledge are now the

problems that we have to confront to make a leap toward a brighter future. One obvious issue we are

facing is the lack of international knowledge, global interaction and essential interpersonal

communication skills. WHAT are we going to do about it?

AIESEC, with the vision of peace and fulfillment of humankind potential, came to Vietnam in 2006 and

is doing our best to improve the situation. Coming up with the initiative of educating university

students about society, culture, business… in a global experience perspective, AIESEC FTU HN proudly

introduces Global Passport project, with our belief to make a positive change in our society by making

impact on the youth through our learning courses.

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2. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.

With the big mission of empowering Vietnamese young generation, Global Passport Course provides

students with necessary skills and knowledge to adapt in the fast changing world. Joining the course,

students get the chance to learn multi-cultural etiquettes, improve English communication skills and

form their habit of self-challenging.

3. GOALS.

We believe with this promising project, we are going to make impact, a great, special and long-term

impact on students which will change their living and thinking pattern. So HOW big it really is? WHAT

is the goal we are challenging ourselves to achieve it?

Number of students knowing about course 2000

Number of students joining course 100

Number of courses realized 8

Number of Learning partners collaborated 3

Rate of students satisfied with course 90%

4. ACTIVITIES.

We aim at creating a global learning and interacting environment for students to truly participate and

live the spirit, starting with the educating course in which interns will design the content and deliver it

Self-challenging

habit

English communica

tion skills

Multi-cultural

etiquette

Adapt to the fast

changing world

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to the students. The content of the course will be built based on the model of Cultural buddy teaching

and Limit breaking activities:

Cultural buddy teaching: Each intern will be the buddy of 1 – 4 students outside class. They will have

more chances to interact with others, be close friends and learn from the cultural differences

between countries.

Limit breaking activities: During classes, the students will continuously be challenged and forced to

step out of their comfort zone with the limit breaking activities. The ultimate purpose of these

activities is to make students believe in themselves and build up their confidence.

5. PROJECT TIMELINE.

August September October November December January

W1

W2

W3

W4

W1

W2

W3

W4

W1

W2

W3

W4

W1

W2

W3

W4

W1

W2

W3

W4

W1

W2

W3

W4

Organizational planning

Course 1 Course 2 Course 3

Cultural Buddy Teaching

Limit Breaking Activities

Tea talk

Hanging

out time

…

Tutor Field trips

Mini

projects

Cooking

class

…

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PART II: INTERNS’ WORK INFORMATION.

1. JOB DESCRIPTION AND ACTIVITIES.

An important stake holder of the project is interns, who come all the way from their countries to a

totally strange one, to live, to learn and to contribute to the world. Welcoming our interns, we aim to

provide our interns an amazing experience with the global learning environment, personal self-

development, valuable lesson from our learning partners and the chance to interact with Vietnamese

student as the way to know more about our education system. Interns will be granted responsibility

and join the project with us as an official member to make the project successful.

Job Description 1: Design the course’s content. Together, interns and OC Content will develop the

content for the course to suit the student’s need while making sure that the course will bring positive

results to them.

Job Description 2: Do promotion for the course. Interns will face challenges doing promotion in a

totally different market, with differently thinking style customers. To make sure the course will be

executed successfully, interns will have to propose promotion plan and implement it under the

supervision of OC Promotion.

Job Description 3: Deliver the course. Being the one who design the course, interns know the best how

to deliver it, and afterwards know what needs to be changed for better performance.

Job Description 4: Deliver transition for the next batch of interns.

Job Description 5: Participate in AIESEC integration events and other events for youths in Hanoi. Attend

internal and external meetings related to Project.

To be competent to do all of these, interns coming will be trained by AIESEC and receive training

session from our learning partners on the topic of the course in the first two weeks.

Besides that, for we always want to give our international friends the best experience in Vietnam, we

introduce our Exchange Challenge Campaign as a way to integrate them deeper into Vietnamese

culture and life style. Our challenges will be some surprising tasks that make our interns jump out

there and discover more about Vietnam. This will be counted as an official JD.

Job Description 6: Complete the challenges put forth by OC in the Exchange Challenge Campaign.

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2. LEARNING POINTS.

- Global learning environment.

- Teamwork

- Personal self-development.

- Adaptation skills.

- Chances to interact with Vietnamese students and get insight about Vietnamese students and

education.

- Understand Vietnamese people, lifestyle and custom through Homestay Program and Buddy

Program.

- Lessons from learning partners.

3. TYPICAL INTERN AGENDA.

Intern's workload

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6

Transition: Learn about project,

vision, approach and previous

content

Deliver the course

Reflect on

Lesson 1,2

Reflect on

Lesson 3,4

Reflect on

Lesson 5,6

Join course as

an observer to

get insight

about the

course

Work on his own

topic for the new

course, get the 2

first courses'

content done and 4

others drafted

Finish content

for Lesson 3,4

Finish content

for Lesson 5,6

Rehearse

Lesson 3,4

Rehearse

Lesson 5,6

Transition for next batch

of interns

Get trained by

learning

partners

Rehearse

Lesson 1,2 Promotion for next course

4. WORKING CONDITIONS.

- Personal workspace provided.

- Internet access provided.

- Very supportive, people-oriented and cultural working environment.

- Interns are required to bring their own laptops to work.

- Assistance available in accommodation (hostel and host finding) and living issue (motor rent,

bus ticket, trip advisor…)

- Visa procedures assistance.

5. REQUIREMENTS.

- Excellent English (required).

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- Teaching skills (preferred).

- Presentation skills (required).

- Internet user skills (required).

- Teamwork skills (required).

- Good knowledge and understanding about local and global issues (required).

- Global mindset and burning enthusiasm (required).

6. TN INSTRUCTION.

Sign in myaiesec.net and take a look at the TN info: TN-In-VN-FH-2013-446.

For applying, please contact us with the contact below or ask your VP OGX for more information.

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PART III: AMAZING VIETNAM!

Although many westerners still imagine Vietnam through the lens of war, it is in reality a country filled

with captivating natural beauty and tranquil village life. Its highlands and rainforest regions, far from

being devastated, continue to yield new species and team with exotic wildlife. Its islands and beaches

are among the finest in all of Southeast Asia, and its cuisine is very possibly the most delicious you will

ever find. Over two decades have passed since Vietnam was officially united, and in that time it has

done a remarkable job of healing its wounds. Today, this gracious and graceful country is an

outstanding travel destination.

A. Places you should visit.

Top 10 Destinations in Vietnam

1. Hanoi capital

The capital of the country, with its unique charm of culture and people, is where foreigner comes and experience the Vietnamese life style to the truest.

2. Hoi An

A quaint city with river flowing beside the streets. It’s truly an ancient place of surprising beauty and marvel.

3. Ha Long bay

Ha Long Bay – Marvelous landscape, cruising ships and beautiful natures. Come, have a good night on an island and enjoy the serene but dynamic life here!

4. Mekong delta

Vietnam’s ‘rice basket’, the Mekong Delta is a watery landscape of green fields and peaceful villages.

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5. Sapa

Sapa - gateway to another world of mysterious minority cultures and luscious landscapes!

6. Ho Chi Minh city

Wander through timeless alleys to ancient pagodas or teeming markets, past ramshackle wooden shops selling silk, spices and baskets…

7. Nha Trang beach

One of the most beautiful beach in the world with full of delicious and diverse seafood

8. Da Nang city

Da Nang is the biggest city on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It has such a stunning sightseeing of long beach, great mountains, stunning bridges and ancient temples. The traditional foods are always plentiful and cheap.

9. Hue city

10. Mui Ne

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Hue – former capital of Vietnam, with ancient palace and delicious traditional cuisine.

Long beach, perfect white sand, salty wind that appeal people for a visit of their life…

Travel well!

(Source: http://travelsherpakeith.com/travel-destinations/vietnam/top-10-destinations-in-vietnam/)

B. Things you should try.

1. Pho – Rice noodle soup

If you ask a Vietnamese about their most common traditional cuisine, most of the time it will be Pho.

2. Vietnamese baguette

Vietnamese Baguette, once appeared as one of the most delicious street food in the world by The Guardian

3. Sticky rice

There are hundreds of kinds of sticky rice that you have to come here and describe them yourself

4. Stuffed pancakes

Thin rice wrapping, shrimp and pork filling, salty but sweet sauce, together with fresh herb will bring you the amazing meal.

5. Fried spring rolls

6. Fresh spring rolls

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The most common, the most liked, the combination of Vietnamese ingredients in a little roll

Unlike the fried one, this one contains fresh green to give you the cool and fresh taste in your mouth that will make you remember it forever

7. Rice Vermicelli with Grilled

Together with Pho, Bun Cha ranks 1st in the most common food in Vietnam. Not only common, but it also is so delicious, with sour, spicy, sweet and salty mixed into one serve.

8. Sweet soup

Many kinds of beans are cooked, seasoned with ingredients and then put in the delicious sugar or coconut milk to form an amazing dessert.

9. Some traditional sweet cakes

You can feel the love when you eat these cakes as they are the symbol of family and friend gathering.

10. Fresh beer

Sitting on a chair with a small table on the side walk of a street, watching the stream of people crossing by and sipping a gulp of freshening cold beer, it’s like you are becoming a Vietnamese.

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PART IV: CONTACT.

1. OC Contact.

Pham Thi Thanh Thuy

Organizing Committee President

Email: thanhthuy.pham@aiesec.net

Skype: thanhthuyphamvn

Tran Huong Thao (Ashley Tran)

Incoming Exchange Executive

Email: thaohuongtran.wd@gmail.com

Skype: thaotran.wd

2. Reference. (Wiki, AIESEC FTU HN Facebook)

For further reference, please check out the following materials:

- Global Passport Course Wiki: http://www.myaiesec.net/content/viewwiki.do?contentid=10272646

- AIESEC FTU HN fan page: https://www.facebook.com/ftuhanoi.aiesec

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APPENDIX

Let’s see how our interns experienced the internship in the previous batch of Global Passport Project !

1. Inters with students.

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2. Interns with OC.

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3. Interns with free homestay.

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4. Other Intern Services.

Picked up from the airport

Welcome Party

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Bonding activities (Vietnamese class, cooking class, field trips, bar, cinema…)

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eXchange