5 reasons to intern in SE Asia!

1.       ASEAN as a bloc is Australia’s second largest trading partner - Austrade website

2.       ASEAN has the fastest growing middle class, providing important opportunities for Australian businesses in goods and services – Austrade website

3.       Australian companies require “Asia capable” staff, yet Asialink has found that among senior leaders of the ASX 200 companies, only seven per cent of board members and senior executives would qualify as Asia-capable. Since the research has consistently found that companies with an above average level of Asia capability generate a greater proportion of their revenues from Asia, companies will be looking to employ people with these skills. See the report  “Winning in Asia”

4.       Friendly time zones – with a maximum of a 4 - 5 hour time difference, working in SE Asia is easy to manage, provides maximum engagement between host and intern over the course of a day, and makes joining company meetings or other activities possible.

5.       Potentially the first locations to reopen borders after COVID given the good management of the crisis, making the region suitable for a “travel bubble” – Vietnam’s success