Center for Educational Exchange with Vietnam

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Center for Educational Exchange with Vietnam (CEEVN) - non-profit organization promoting educational and scientific exchanges between Vietnam and other countries, mainly the United States. Established in 1990 under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee. The Center is a member of American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).

From 1992 to 2000 CEEVN was a part of the Vietnam Fulbright Exchange Program managed by ACLS and helped more than 200 Vietnamese professionals to complete graduate study.^[1]

The Organization administers many educational and scholarships programs related to Vietnam in cooperation with the Harvard Institute of International Development (HIID), Ford Foundation, Asian Scholarship Foundation, Asia Network.

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Supporting study missions abroad for Vietnamese senior delegations and other professional and scholarly exchange;
Fellowships for study abroad Masters and Doctoral level degrees, postdoctoral research in anthropology and sociology;
Fellowships for research and language training in neighbouring countries: Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, China;
Exchange and training programmes in political science, philosophy and sociology;
Identifying training programmes in Southeast Asia and other countries;
Assisting Vietnamese institutions to administer training and exchange programs in foreign countries;
Serving as Vietnam liaison for the Harvard-Yenching Institute that provides training fellowships in social science and humanities;
Providing access to education for persons from disadvantaged groups nominated through the Diversity Enhancement Fund (DEF);
Providing linkages, guidance and logistical assistance to groups seeking to develop exchanges with Vietnam.^[2]