VASI 2011: Study Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh City, June-Aug, 2011
Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI)
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
June 13 to August 5, 2011
The Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI) is an intensive eight-week course of study in advanced Vietnamese conducted at Vietnamese Language Studies Sai Gon in Ho Chi Minh City. VASI is equivalent to a full year's academic work.
Program applicants must have attained an intermediate level of proficiency in Vietnamese before attending VASI. Applicants must also be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. and either a graduate student, junior or senior at a college or university; a faculty member or K-12 teacher; or an area studies or foreign language education administrator.
Candidates who are selected for VASI must pay a non-refundable program fee of $750 to UC Berkeley before departure to Viet Nam. Participants are responsible for their own health insurance, pre-travel inoculations and some of their daily living expenses in Viet Nam. Airfare, tuition, visa fees and lodging are covered by VASI.
For the online application and other information, see the VASI website:
http://cseas.berkeley.edu/VASI/
The deadline for applications is: February 1, 2011.
Contact information:
Center for Southeast Asia Studies
University of California, Berkeley
2223 Fulton St., No. 617
Berkeley CA 94720-2318
Tel. (510) 642-3609
Fax (510) 643-7062
E-mail: vasi@berkeley.edu
VASI is administered by the Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad. Other assistance is provided by members of the Group of Universities for the Advancement of Vietnamese Abroad (GUAVA) at Arizona State University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Temple University, University of Florida, University of Hawaii, University of Michigan, University of Washington, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Yale University.