Amazing!

This was my first experience volunteering/teaching overseas and it was an amazing one! The teaching is well organised and everyone is provided with books to follow and help with lesson planning. Theres also always Vietnamese teaching assistant in class to help you out which is really helpful so it was a lot easier to teach than I expected.

I particularly loved living with 10-12 other volunteers; it means theres always company and some one to show you around Hanoi. Its also a great way to meet interesting people from all over the world and I'm so grateful for the friends I made there and as the lessons are predominantly in the evening theres plenty of free time in the day to explore the area together. Ms Hay and all the other Vietnamese teaching assistants and students are very welcoming and happy to help you with anything and recommend places in and around Hanoi. The food on offer is so delicious and also they catered very well for a vegetarian diet which was great for me.

VCV allowed me to gain a very genuine experience of Vietnam and I'm very grateful for the 8 weeks I spent there:) Would recommend it to anyone!