The U.S. Mission to Vietnam announces the selection of candidates for the Fulbright Vietnam Scholar Program and the U.S.-ASEAN Scholar Program for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Applicants must be university lecturers or officials/specialists of ministries or government agencies, or specialists in the private sector/research institutes/non-governmental organizations, currently living in Vietnam; have Vietnamese nationality (cannot have dual nationality); have a master's or doctoral degree; and be proficient in English to conduct research or teach in the US.

The program encourages candidates who are women, ethnic minorities and from remote provinces to apply. In addition, after the training program ends, candidates must return to serve Vietnam.

With the Fulbright Vietnam Scholar Program, applicants can choose a 1-semester scholarship (equivalent to 5 months, starting in September 2025 or January 2026) or a 1-year scholarship (equivalent to 9 months, starting in September 2025).

The Fulbright US-ASEAN Visiting Scholar Program will last for 3-4 months, around the first half of 2026, to conduct academic or professional research on issues of primary importance in US-ASEAN relations as well as useful to ASEAN member countries.

Candidates in professional fields of social sciences and humanities, science and technology can apply.

The Organizing Committee notes that it will not accept applications from candidates who are currently teaching, studying, or conducting research in the United States; have received a Fulbright scholarship within the past 5 years; or have been granted a US J visa under professor/research scholar exchange programs within the past 2 years.

The deadline for submitting applications is 5:00 p.m., October 16 (Vietnam time). Detailed information on application submission is available on the website: Fulbright Vietnam Visiting Scholar Program: https://vn.usembassy.gov/vi/fulbright-vietnamese-visiting-scholar-program/ ; US-ASEAN Visiting Scholar Program: https://vn.usembassy.gov/vi/fulbright-us-asean-visiting-scholar-program.