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It’s more than a job—it’s culture, squad goals, adventure, and cash in your pocket
Teach & Travel Vietnam: 5-Month Paid English Teaching
No experience? No worries—jump in, learn fast, and make a difference overseas. 😎👌🔥
Overview
Vietnam is a very popular travel destination because of the inexpensive cost of living and relaxed way of life. The nation is recognized for beautiful locations like Halong Bay, which is home to historic architecture, cascading rice fields, and mouthwatering cuisine. If you want to have the time to explore this beauty while significantly impacting your students’ lives, you’re at the right place.
You will receive complete support in securing your first teaching position with the help of our paid internship teaching English in Vietnam. You will also be joined by fellow interns who are beginning their TEFL careers. You will complete online coursework for a lifetime TEFL certification before departing to Vietnam as part of the internship package. During the welcome orientation, after your arrival in Vietnam, you will have the opportunity to gain practical teaching experience in addition to living in one of Southeast Asia’s most mysterious and alluring nations.
Essential information about your trip to Vietnam
What's included?
- Monthly salary of USD $1000 in VND
- Contract completion bonus of USD $500 in VND
- 120 hour TEFL Course
- 30 hour Teaching Young Learners Course
- 30 Hour Teaching Advanced Grammar Course
- Teaching English through Yoga and Mindfulness Course
- Airport pick-up and transfers
- Pre-arrival online orientation
- Orientation week in Hanoi with stay included
- Vietnamese language lessons (during orientation)
- Rent-free accommodation
- Ongoing in-country support
- Visa and apostille support
What’s required before applying?
- Passport holder from one of the following countries: Ireland, UK, Canada, Australia, USA, or New Zealand
- Aged between 20 – 35 (contact an advisor if you're older)
- TEFL qualification (order hardcopy at teflinstitute.com/tefl-shop for apostille)
- Bachelor’s degree (hardcopy required for apostille)
- Clean criminal record (certificate required for apostille)
- Clean bill of mental and physical health (contact an advisor if you're on medication and/or receiving ongoing treatment)
- Please enquire if you any visible tattoos or piercings that cannot be covered
- Due to new labour regulations, non-native English speakers (including South Africans) need to provide a C1 English cert
What do I need to organise?
- International return flights
- Recommended spending money of £700-1,000 for the first six weeks
- Proof of a clean criminal record
- Budget of £85 for the medical check in Vietnam
- Vaccines (consult your GP or local travel clinic)
- Visa costs - specific to each country & usually cost around £25-50
- Hardcopy TEFL Certificate: Budget approx. £35 to purchase a hardcopy of your TEFL cert for legalisation. In line with Apostille Convention policies, a new certificate format will be created for you.
- Legalisation of Visa Documents: Budget approx. £250-300. Degree, TEFL Cert, and Police Cert will require legalisation. Guidance can be provided on the necessary steps.
Internship Eligibility Form
Your trip Itinerary
Our in-country team will greet you and the other interns when you arrive. After the one-week orientation, you’ll travel to your placement area by bus, train, or plane.
You will learn about Vietnamese culture, language, and society at orientation and build friendships with other teachers over the welcome meal.
Learn the regional greetings, become familiar with the regional traditions, put your TEFL skills to the test, and make new friends. It’s time to start teaching English in Vietnam, whether at a government or private school, a language school, a primary or secondary school.
Congratulations, you did it! Be sure to congratulate yourself on your accomplishment. It’s time to choose whether you want to see more of Vietnam, travel, or teach (or both).
What our teachers say
Niamh
After my final year exams, I really didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life but I knew I wanted to go traveling again. So I completed the TEFL course, saw there was an internship in Vietnam offered and booked onto it straight away. Coming to Vietnam has probably been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made!
The Advantages of TEFL Internships
Want to travel the world and get paid while doing so? Have no experience and don’t know where to start? Or are you looking for an easy and fast way to go abroad? Paid TEFL Internships are the answer to all of these!
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Cultural Excursions
Wondering what you’re going to do with your precious free time? We know there are certain adventures that cannot be missed out on! So make sure to take a look above at these recommendations from past TEFL interns in Vietnam, and create your own Vietnam bucket list!
Outside the Classroom
Outside the Classroom
Vietnam is a fascinating location, there is just so much to discover. Utilize your free time on the weekends to travel around this stunning nation. From glorious cityscapes to beautiful beaches, and awe-inspiring mountains and temples, you will not run out of things to do and see there.
Teach & Travel
Teach & Travel
Our Vietnam program offers placements across the country so that you might be put anywhere, but you’ll always share a space or lodging with one or two other interns. Placements for January 2026 are concentrated in and around the stunning and more traditional northern Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong.
Work Schedule
Work Schedule
You will teach in either a private language school, private or government primary/high school, or in a university. Your students will range from the ages of 4 years old to 18+.
