ASEAN and Japan enjoy long years of solid and beneficial relations as “partners thinking together, acting together, and sharing a future vision”. Being an enduring strategic partner of ASEAN, Japan has been a major development partner and contributor for more than four decades to the political, economic and social development of ASEAN.
JAIF was officially established in March 2006, based on the pledge from then Japanese Prime Minister H.E. Mr. Junichiro Koizumi at the Ninth ASEAN-Japan Summit held in December 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Since its first financial contribution, several additional funding supports have been pledged to the original JAIF, and as of June 2017, the total contribution amounts to more than USD 650 million.
JAIF has contributed not only to advancing ASEAN integration but also to strengthening ASEAN-Japan relations by implementing various projects in the areas of disaster management, counter terrorism, maritime cooperation, economic integration, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises development, youth exchanges, Japanese language training and others.
In Vietnam, JAIF has sponsored to only Vietnam Japan University since 2019 until now. The scholarship is provided to not only Vietnamese students but also students from Cambodia, Lao and Myanmar who have demand to study in the unique environment and programs at VJU.
| Vietnamese student | International students | Total | |
| 2019 | 26 | 8 | 34 |
| 2020 | 26 | 11 | 37 |
| 2021 | 24 | 10 | 34 |
| 2022 | 68 | 10 | 78 |
| 2023 | 35 | 10 | 45 |
In 2024, there are 23 JAIF scholarships award to 18 Vietnamese students and 5 CLM students. The detail of this scholarship as below
| Program eligibility | Nationality eligibility | Coverage | Duration | Slot | Criteria for selection | ||
| All Programs | International students from Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar | 1) Tuition fee 2) Admission fee (500,000VND) 3) Enrollment fee (1,800,000VND) 4) Stipend: 250 USD/month (~6,250,000VD) 5) International flight ticket: One way economy travel expenses from home country and back upon completion of study within a set period of study 6) Basic Health Insurance | 2 yrs. (Minimum years required for graduation) | 5 | Select from the beginning based on entrance results, scholarship granted for the whole 2 years of standard study | ||
| MAS, MCCD, MEE, MGL, MIE, MNT, MPP | Vietnamese | 1) 100% of tuition fee | Semester | 18 (per semester) | Entrance score | GPA of previous semester and attitude | GPA of the three previous semesters and the possibility of the timely graduation |
On Tuesday 11th June 2024, the information session of JAIF and another scholarships will be live streamed on VJU’s official Facebook Fanpage. To attend please kindly register and follow our Fanpage as links below
Registration: https://forms.gle/4tEokiKzMpT7bdLQA
Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/vnu.vju/
