Emily Yee

student

A deeply enriching experience for myself, my peers and our supervisors. Every day was a brand new experience, learning life lessons or skills in simply participating in classes, going on field trips or even walking down the streets of Nha Trang. The lecturers were incredibly supporting and fascinating to be around, creating a calm yet energised atmosphere that was easy and fun to learn and participate in. The opportunities presented to us through the program were eye opening and enriched our own views on our world, including the impacts on plastic in different societies. Whilst difficult to process what was being seen due to the beaches at home being clean and mostly plastic free, this reinforced in a lot of my peers that our generation and future generations will need to work together in order to create a better world. This program felt like an amazing first step to understanding the reality of our environmental situation, bringing together passionate like-minded people who wish to conserve the beauty and nature of the world together to find different solutions for universal problems.

Isabela Keski-Frantti

As a marine science student, I thoroughly enjoyed the program offered by the New Colombo Plan at Nha Trang University, Vietnam. The lectures and field trips provided a wide range of opportunities to further our knowledge and skills in areas such as aquaculture, environmental management and tropical marine biodiversity. The cultural program exceeded my expectations; the university staff went above and beyond to make sure we would experience the authentic Vietnamese culture in the forms of cuisine, arts and the daily life that tourists don’t get to experience. The university staff were super friendly and generous with their time with us. They were always making sure we were having a successful experience. It was definitely a life-changing experience and one of the best opportunities I have had, I can’t wait to go back!