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The volunteer organization’s main focus is to teach English to Vietnamese students.
“I’m very pleased that for the first time the Peace Corps will come to Vietnam,” the president said at the press conference alongside Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.
"Our Peace Corps volunteers will focus on teaching English, and the friendship that our people forged will bring us closer together for decades to come,” Obama continued.
This is good news for young Vietnamese who are choosing to embrace English to secure a better job and a brighter future.
The Vietnamese government has ambitious plans to ensure all young people graduating from high school by 2020 will have a good command of the English language.
The Peace Corps was established by President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy urged college students to dedicate two years of their lives to helping people in developing countries.
More than 220,000 Americans have served in the volunteer program in 140 host countries.
