About The Program

Abstract Statement

City College of San Francisco (CCSF) seeks funding from the U.S. Department of Education to develop a Southeast Asia Business and International Education Center, with the goal of contributing toward expanding our nation’s capacity to conduct business in and/or with Vietnam, with the intent of broadening the program after the first two years to include other Southeast Asian countries.

To achieve this goal, the Center will achieve the following objectives throughout a two-year period:

1. Develop curricula and a new certificate program for individuals and business
interested in doing business in and/or with Vietnam;

2. Create outreach strategies to engage the local small – and medium-sized business community through a monthly speaker series and quarterly business roundtable;

3. Build a six-week summer student internship program that places CCSF business students in American – and /or Vietnamese-owned businesses in Vietnam;

4. Develop a faculty exchange program in which CCSF business faculty tour American- and Vietnamese-owned businesses in Vietnam and meet with university faculty from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; and

5. Conduct trade missions for local businesses to travel to Vietnam to build relationships with Vietnamese business and government contacts

CCSF will serve as the lead organization for this grant, with overall administrative and management responsibilities. The San Francisco-Ho Chi Minh City Sister City Committee will serve as the lead partner in this effort. Other partners include: the Asian Business Association, the California-Asia Business Council, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, the Southeast Asian Community Center, the City and County of San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission, the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of International Trade and Commerce, the United States Commercial Service (U.S. Department of Commerce San Francisco Office), the Small Business Network, the Center for International Trade Development, and the Asia Foundation.