U.S. Mission in Vietnam Calls for Nominations of Fulbright Scholarship

The U.S. Mission in Vietnam is calling for nominations of outstanding candidates to participate in the 2017 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program, said U.S. Embassy in Hanoi in a press release on September 6. Accordingly, this program will bring Vietnamese teachers to the United States for a semester and provides them with opportunities to study topics that are unique or particularly strong within the U.S. school system. Teachers will also be able to directly observe and learn about the U.S. education system. Selected candidates will be placed at a U.S. university graduate school of education and will audit up to two classes, pursue a project, observe and lead classes for U.S. teachers and students in local primary and secondary  schools, as well as engage in other teaching related activities. The Fulbright Program in Vietnam, at the U.S. Embassy Hanoi, will coordinate and nominate up to six candidates from Vietnam. In addition, application deadline is 5:00pm (local time) on October 31st. (vn.esembassy.gov Sep 6, tienphong.vn Sep 6)