Activities in Viet Nam

JOCV are Japanese Volunteers, who are to work and live in developing countries for a 2-year service term. Objectives of JOCV Program are to assist these Japanese volunteers to contribute their skills, knowledge, and experience to the process of socio-economic development in developing countries and to enhance the friendship relations between Japan and these countries.

The first batch of JOCVs was dispatched to Vietnam in 1995. Since then until June 2024, more than 540 Japanese volunteers have been assigned to work in many cities and provinces nationwide. Japanese volunteers in Vietnam are serving in different fields such as education, medical care, community development…, contributing to social and human development of the country.

JOCV Dispatch Achievement (As of June 1, 2024)

• Number of JOCVs dispatched to Vietnam: 540 (Including 30 short-term volunteers and 4 senior volunteers)
• Number of JOCVs on service: 42 (Including 2 short-term volunteers)

*In addition, the total number of participants in the previous Senior Volunteer (SV) Program (aged 40-69) was 194 (including 76 short-term dispatches).

JICA Volunteers allocation Map in Vietnam
(2024 September updated)