Friday, March 24th, 2006

Asian Development Youth Forum Convenes Third Videoconference

Students from Tokyo, Hanoi Report on Research Activities

The Asian Development Youth Forum, an organization of students based in Tokyo interested in development issues, held its third videoconference on March 24, 2006, facilitating exchanges between student counterparts in Japan and Vietnam.

The seminar, which connected Tokyo and Hanoi, began with ADYF reporting on its activities, including a field trip to Vietnam earlier in the month. Vietnamese students gave an introduction of themselves, followed by a presentation on an ADYF research project regarding the evolving job market in Vietnam and the choices facing Vietnamese students as they pursue their careers.

ADYF members share a strong belief that study should not be confined to the classroom, and is making an effort to combine field trips, videoconferencing and other methods to create a new model for intellectual exchange.

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