| Vietnam is one of the most thriving and | | | | longer term, there are some very affordable volunteer |
| fastest-growing economies in the world, while | | | | programs in Vietnam. |
| simultaneously remaining home to some of Asians | | | | Here are some great volunteer projects in Ho Chi Minh |
| most beautiful mountains, beaches, and coastal islands. | | | | City. |
| Today there are about 75 million people in Vietnam. | | | | Shelter for children : This is a shelter for street children |
| Eighty percent of these are ethnic Vietnamese, while | | | | in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City. They provide |
| the remaining twenty percent comprises more than | | | | education, recreational activities and opportunities for |
| fifty separate ethnic groups. | | | | the street children to learn a job so that they can go |
| The richness of Vietnamese origins is evident | | | | back home to integrate with their own families. |
| throughout its culture. Spiritual life in Vietnam consists of | | | | School for children with special needs : This is a school |
| Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Tam | | | | for children with special needs and learning disabilities. |
| Giao, which is a blend of Taoism, popular Chinese | | | | The children are aged 3 to 18. The school has about |
| beliefs, and ancient Vietnamese animism. | | | | 50 children, both girls and boys. There are many |
| Vietnam is the easternmost country on the Indochina | | | | possibilities for volunteers at this school such as taking |
| Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to | | | | care of the children, teaching English, classes in |
| the north, Laos to the northwest, and Cambodia to the | | | | drawing, playing games with the children. |
| southwest. On the country's east coast lies the South | | | | School for the Blind : The School for the Blind is a |
| China Sea. | | | | private charity which supports blind children, teenagers |
| To Volunteer in Vietnam on a short term volunteer | | | | and adults. The total number of the people this place |
| vacation or on a gap year break is an experience of a | | | | supports is 55. There are different possibilities for |
| lifetime! Volunteering in Vietnam at projects such as | | | | volunteers at this school such as teaching English, |
| orphanages will not only be helping the people of | | | | teaching Life Skills, presenting your country and culture, |
| Vietnam but being a volunteer in Vietnam you will also | | | | games and activities and day trips. |
| get to know the real Vietnam and its wonderful people | | | | Soup Kitchen : This is a private charity which provides |
| in a much more meaningful way. | | | | free meals for poor people and poor patients at some |
| One of the most popular volunteering destinations in | | | | hospitals. They provides about 1,500 free portions of |
| Vietnam is Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh, formerly | | | | meal for the poor everyday. The volunteers help in the |
| known as Saigon, is a very exciting city and a great | | | | afternoon preparing and delivering meals for the poor. |
| city. | | | | Volunteering in Vietnam will give you a chance to |
| Volunteering is a great way to contribute to the | | | | make an important contribution to the people of |
| Vietnamese community and gain a wonderful and | | | | Vietnam, and to gain an in depth experience of the |
| lasting experience. Whether you would like to take a | | | | country and its culture that will stay with you the rest |
| short volunteer vacation or engage yourself for a | | | | of your life. |