International Exchange

1. Schedule
　December 17 ～ 22, 2014

2. Members
　15 Grade 11 students of the SSH program, 3 teacher escorts, and an advisory professor from Wakayama University

3. Itinerary

 After arriving at Noi Bai International Airport, we visited the Vietnam National Museum of Ethnology, where we learned about minority groups in Vietnam. We also interacted with students and teachers of Nguyen Sieu High School while looking around the museum.

 One group visited Hanoi University of Science and Technology, where they attended scientific and cultural lectures given by three professors. After these lectures, the students made presentations on their scientific research in English to some of the university students and professors. We paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Education and Training in the afternoon.
 The other group went to the mangrove forest in the Hong River Delta in order to do fieldwork, and also visited a fish farm in the area. They observed the kinds of mangroves and fish that were there, and examined the quality of water, as well.

 Our students visited Nguyen Sieu High School in order to encourage cultural and scientific exchange. Nguyen Sieu students performed a Vietnamese dance in their traditional costumes. Our students made presentations on their research again. They also performed ''Yosakoisoran'', a Japanese traditional fisherman's dance, for Nguyen Sieu students and staff. They attended English and history classes with their assigned partners.

 Our students visited the factories of Akebono Kasei and Nitori Furniture. They looked around the factories with guidance and learned about their business, how the products are made and shipped overseas. They met and talked with Japanese workers from Kajima Kensetsu about their work and projects in Vietnam and other countries.

 Our students visited Nam Son village in Hoa Binh province, where the Muong people live. There, they learned about the local plants and their usage, and also analyzed water around the village. In addition, they deepened their mutual friendship with gestures, and ate the local food for lunch with the Muong youth.