Sponsor the First
IHA Vietnam Students
Help train Vietnam’s next generation of hospitality professionals.
Student sponsorships help selected students from regional and emerging tourism communities access practical training, learning materials, job-readiness preparation, and hospitality career pathways. IHA Vietnam validates regional pilot cohorts in tourism markets aligned with Vietnam’s national tourism development plan, starting with priority options such as Da Lat, Nha Trang, Hoi An, and Buon Ma Thuot / Central Highlands.
Practical Skills,
Tangible Opportunities
IHA Vietnam helps selected students from Vietnam’s emerging tourism regions access practical hospitality training, learning materials, hospitality English, job-readiness preparation, and pathways toward major hospitality markets.
Bartending Track
Simulated bar training, mixology, speed, cleanliness, and beverage service.
Waitstaff Track
Table maintenance, standard operating procedures, and customer relationship flow.
Front of House
Hosting, greeting sequence, guest satisfaction, soft skills, and billing standard.
Service Standards
International practices, body language, proper posture, and customer care.
Soft Skills
Basic English vocabulary, workplace communication, problem resolution, and service etiquette.
Workplace Readiness
Integrity training, attendance standard, teamwork, resume building, and job interview preparation.
Why This Matters
Rapid Sector Growth
Vietnam’s hospitality and tourism sectors are growing rapidly, creating many new jobs and a high demand for skilled service professionals.
Practical Skills Gap
However, many regional students from emerging tourism communities face a gap between basic knowledge and the practical service standards required by high-quality employers in major markets.
Launch Sponsorship
By supporting our regional student sponsorship program, you directly fund practical training setups, manuals, uniforms, and hospitality English, removing learning barriers.
Career Pathways
We are building a workforce pipeline connecting selected regional students to hospitality career pathways and major employers, providing introductions and placement support where legally permitted.
What Your Support Helps Fund
Every contribution is used transparently to build classroom capabilities, supply training materials, and support student success.
Student Sponsorships
Covers tuition support for selected students from emerging tourism regions in our intensive training tracks, establishing a clear pathway to major employers.
Training Manuals
Covers printing, compiling, and distributing our extensive bilingual training guides and learning cards.
Practical Equipment
Supports procurement of industry-standard tools: professional shakers, service trays, standard glasses, and station equipment.
Mock Service Floor
Helps fund mock bar structure, layout setups, and service station models to replicate active workplace conditions.
Uniforms & Certificates
Provides professional training shirts, name tags, presentation pins, and a Certificate of Completion upon successful assessment.
Admissions & Support
Supports regional student outreach, info sessions, onboarding checklists, and employer introductions and placement support where legally permitted.
Launch Setup Costs
Funds basic classroom supplies, station signage, and setup costs for our early regional pilots, including Buon Ma Thuot.
Logistics & Operations
Supports safe delivery of equipment, manual shipping, facility storage setup, and local training support operations.
Student Sponsorship Levels
Choose a support level that fits your budget. Whether you give $25 or sponsor a full student package, your contribution helps make practical hospitality training more accessible for the first IHA Vietnam students.
Starter Support
Helps with printed materials, notebooks, and classroom basics for student training.
Student Support Kit
Helps provide one student support kit with learning materials, classroom basics, certificate support, and practical training supplies.
Two Student Support Kits
Helps provide support kits for two students or partial tuition support for one student.
Sponsor One Student
Helps sponsor one full founding student package, including launch tuition access, learning materials, and practical training support.
Sponsor Two Students
Helps sponsor two full founding student packages for the first pilot cohort.
Founding Cohort Supporter
Helps sponsor four full founding student packages for the first pilot cohort.
Other Helpful Support Levels
Every contribution helps directly support student materials, tuition access, training supplies, and practical learning.
Helps provide one student support kit plus additional hands-on training supplies.
Helps cover a major part of launch tuition access for one student.
Helps cover launch tuition access for one student before materials and support costs.
Every contribution helps. A full founding student sponsorship is approximately $250, but smaller donations still directly support student materials, tuition access, training supplies, and practical learning support.
A full founding student sponsorship is planned at approximately $250, or about 6,591,000 VND. This includes launch tuition access for one track (5,000,000 VND), a student support kit (~1,318,000 VND), learning materials, practical training supplies, and a small admin/payment buffer (~273,000 VND).
This founding cohort sponsorship rate is based on IHA Vietnam’s launch tuition pricing. Future sponsorship costs may change as regular tuition, facilities, and training delivery costs increase.
Initial Pilot Support Goal: $5,000
This first campaign goal is designed to support the early regional pilot cohorts of IHA Vietnam, starting with priority options such as Da Lat, Nha Trang, Hoi An, and Buon Ma Thuot / Central Highlands. It helps sponsor selected students from regional communities, cover launch tuition access, prepare practical training setups, print bilingual learning materials, and support the first cohorts with a realistic launch budget.
Transparent Budget Breakdown Pilot Budget
- 10 full founding student sponsorship packages $2,500
- Shared practical training tools and mock service setup $1,250
- Curriculum printing and classroom setup $500
- Student outreach, interviews, and onboarding $350
- Campaign, payment, admin, and contingency $400
Our Commitment to Transparency
We are committed to absolute transparency with our supporters and partners. We will share regular campaign updates as IHA Vietnam develops, including physical training setup progress, student sponsorship milestones, cohort updates, photos and videos of mock service operations, and public progress reports.
Academy Leadership
International Hospitality Academy Vietnam is led by Kevin Thornton. With over 20 years of hands-on experience in food, beverage, hospitality, staffing, and event services in the United States—including founding and managing Kevin's Bartending & Event Services—Kevin has spent several years on the ground in Vietnam studying the local hospitality landscape.
Having identified the crucial need for practical hospitality training in emerging regions, Kevin is dedicating his time, expertise, and resources to build IHA Vietnam, raising local service standards and connecting regional talent to major hospitality markets.
How to Contribute
Contributions are managed securely. Select your preferred donation platform below. If you would like to sponsor a larger number of students or discuss specific corporate sponsorships, please connect with us directly.
Secure, standard crowdfunding support for student training aids and Mock Bar launch materials.
Alternative global crowdfunding platform supporting student manuals and practical setups.
Direct bank transfer/wire and full cohort sponsorships. Highly optimized for administrative efficiency.
For corporate partners or foundations looking to sponsor multiple tracks.
Sponsorship Program Notice
IHA Vietnam is a workforce pipeline and practical training initiative. Sponsorship contributions directly support student kits, learning materials, and training operations. All funding is currently structured as direct support for regional student cohorts. Private investment and commercial partner agreements are managed under separate corporate agreements.
Help open the door for the first IHA Vietnam students.
Your backing removes financial barriers and directly equips youth with professional skills. Help us launch the first cohort.