Loyola Chicago University is the first US university to have a representative office in Vietnam.

This is the second year the US university will send its students to study in Vietnam in a pilot programme co-organised by the US university and the Ho Chi Minh National University to promote learning about the country and encourage doing social work.

The US students will stay in a guest house or live with Vietnamese students in the dormitory of the City University of Social Sciences and Humanities. They will also study Vietnamese during the semester.

The director of the programme, Rylan Higgins, believes that the US students will learn a lot during their stay in the country.