Internships

Organization and Position Descriptions

Pepsi – IBC (International Beverages Company)

This firm is the manufacturer and distributor of Pepsi, 7Up, Miranda, Aquafina and Evervess brands. It will also distribute Frito-Lay products.

Type of positions available:
The intern will rotate across departments; Human Resources, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Sales, Customer Development. The intern will assist in the establishment of the sales and distribution program for Frito Lay products.

The candidate must have excellent English and organizational skills. Knowledge of Vietnamese will be helpful, but not a necessity.

Intern reporting relationship:
Intern reports to Human Resources Manager or Organization Capability Manager.

Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank)

Sacombank was founded from the consolidation of four credit institutions in Ho Chi Minh City in 1991. Sacombank is the biggest private commercial Joint Stock bank in Vietnam. With 3 billion VND at the beginning of establishment, Sacombank increased its chartered capital to 675.6 billion VND at the end of August 2004 and has become the largest commercial joint-stock bank in Vietnam.

As a retail bank, Sacombank has been paying special attention on diversified personal banking services. Moreover, we are deemed successful in financing SMEs. In 2002, Sacombank was the first bank in Vietnam to receive the investment from IFC – an arm of the World Bank. Holding 10% of Sacombank’s equity, IFC became the second major foreign shareholder, after the Dragon Financial Holdings – United Kingdom.

At present, we have an expanded network of 85 outlet locations covering most urban areas in the country. It is our commitment to provide customers with quality products and services to well fit their increasing needs.

Types of positions available:
Banking, varies

Intern reporting relationship:
Intern reports to Chief Investment Officer

VietFund

Viet Fund Management Company is the first local fund manager managing around VND 400 billion (USD 25 million). VietFund Management is a arm of Sacombank.

Types of positions available:
Write a proposal for an investment project, corporate financial analysis, research young stock market in Vietnam

Intern reporting relationship:
Intern reports to Chief Investment Officer

VinaCapital

VinaCapital has unrivalled experience of the Vietnamese market. We leverage this experience and our relationships to create and deliver our investment products and corporate finance advisory services. VinaCapital’s overarching objective is to create and, more importantly, realize value for our investors and clients. We leverage our experience and relationships to navigate the often difficult investment environment in Vietnam to deliver rapid tangible impact.

Types of positions:
Asset Management, Corporate Finance, Real Estate

Intern reporting relationship:
Intern reporting relationship will be determined at a later date

United Airlines

United Airlines new service to Vietnam started on December 11, 2004. The first flight arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on December 10, 2004, the third anniversary of the U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement. The inaugural flight from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco started on December 11, 2004. United is very proud to be the first scheduled U.S. Air Carrier Service to Vietnam in nearly three decades.

Types of positions available:
Varies

Intern reporting relationship:
Intern reporting relationship will be determined at a later date

Saigon Tourist Holding Company

Saigon Tourist Holding Company has been ranked by the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism as the leading tourism corporation in Vietnam. It has greatly contributed to the development of Vietnam’s tourism industry by providing a wide range of services at value-for money rates, such as hotel accommodation, food & beverage, travel, recreation, trading, import-export, duty free shops, transport, construction, tourism & hospitality training, food production & processing.

In recent years, Saigon Tourist has diversified, and is now managing 9 travel service companies, 60 hotels, 8 resorts and 26 restaurants with well-appointed facilities. It has also cooperated with 27 local joint ventures, public-private business cooperation establishments and joint stock companies, and 11 joint ventures with foreign partners.

With a strong driving force and vision for the future of tourism in Vietnam, SaigonTourist is moving from strength to strength. This can be seen in the history of its development and its continuing effort to achieve its goals to expand markets and to position Vietnam in the forefront of Asian tourism.

Type of positions available:
Saigon Tourist has a number of opportunities for students interested in a variety of fields including hotel and restaurant management.

The candidate must have excellent English and organizational skills.

Intern reporting relationship:
Intern reports to Assistant to the Director.

U.S. Commercial Service

This division of the US Consulate in Vietnam is called The U.S. Commercial Service. It is the largest U.S. Government agency entirely devoted to promoting American commercial interests abroad and the primary contact for U.S. business in Vietnam.

Type of positions available:
The US Consulate is in the process of updating current and creating new “Industry Sector Reports” for Vietnam. The selected candidate will be responsible for editing and writing “Industry Sector Reports”.

The candidate must have excellent English and organizational skills.

Intern reporting relationship:
Intern reports to the Chief Commercial Officer of the U.S. Consulate.