View Vacancy – VNM (Hanoi) – Trade Intern

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Job Category

Department for Business and Trade roles (DBT)

Job Subcategory

Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

The UK-Vietnam recently upgraded our bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with trade and investment as one of its key pillars which marked a significant milestone in our bilateral relationship. The UK’s membership in the CPTPP further strengthens this partnership. Viet Nam will chair CPTPP in 2026 which presents an important opportunity to deepen engagement on trade and economic issues. The Trade Team at the British Embassy in Hanoi is seeking a proactive, organised and engaged individual to support the trade policy and wider trade team across key workstreams, including the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), the annual UK-Vietnam Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO), and CPTPP-related initiatives. The successful candidate will play a vital role in coordinating events, visits, and reporting to ensure smooth delivery of these priorities and effective UK participation during Viet Nam’s CPTPP chairmanship. The trade intern will also work closely with the wider team to help deliver wider trade activity including trade promotion missions, events and business engagements. The trade intern can be expected to get involved with a range of projects across the team and support the team in logsitics, translation, administrative tasks and wider plans of the trade team.

• Coordinating events, visits, and translation for trade policy focused events including activities in Vietnam’s Chairmanship year of CPTPP.
• Assist in the organisation of bilateral trade dialogues: the annual Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) and UKVFTA Trade committees.
• Prepare briefing, presentations and other materials for trade events.
• Support development and delivery of the trade teams communications plan.
• Support the teams trade policy reporting and research.
• Translating trade materials into Vietnamese / English for external and internal use.
• Support the wider trade team with logistical, admin and minute support.
• Support the wider trade teams delivery of trade promotion activities including administrative support for visits and events.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• Strong organisational skills, good communication skills

Language requirements:

Expertise in English and Vietnamese

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

• Project management experience
• Events & visits logistic arrangement experience

Required behaviours

Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Working Together

Application deadline

4 January 2026

Grade

Internship

Type of Position

Full-time, Fixed Term

Working hours per week

39.5

Duration of Post

9 months

Region

Asia Pacific

Country/Territory

Vietnam

Location (City)

Hanoi

Type of Post

British Embassy

Number of vacancies

1

Salary Currency

VND

Salary

VND 9,000,000

Type of Salary

monthly

Start Date

1 March 2026

Other benefits and conditions of employment

This vacancy is advertised as a full-time, fixed-term internship role for 9 months.

Learning and development opportunities (and any specific training courses to be completed):

The British Embassy and Consulate-General are committed to being learning and development organisations and encourage all staff to pursue continued learning and development in the workplace. We offer a supportive and friendly working environment where staff work to the values of: integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. Everyone is encouraged to take responsibility, be innovative and work together. Frequent L&D opportunities, including soft skills and thematic issues.

Internship offers are subject to successful clearance of pre-employment and security checks. Staff recruited by the British Embassy are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law.

No accommodation or relocation expenses are payable in connection with this position. Visa sponsorship may be possible for non-Vietnamese nationals if meet local requirements.

Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.

Disabled and ethnic minority applicants will be invited to interviews if meeting the minimum requirement of the job.

Working patterns:

Full time – 39.5 hours per week with one hour lunch. Mon-Thursday 08:30–16:45, Friday 08:30–15:00. The Embassy has a smarter working policy and is committed to offering flexible working patterns balanced with the operational requirements of the role.

The FCDO also operates an agile workforce. To facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require.

Additional information

All applications must be received before 23:55 (Local Vietnam Time) on the day of the deadline indicated above.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

All applicants are required to mandatorily fill the online application form completely including the employment and educational details, experience, professional skills and behaviour-based questions. We will be thoroughly reviewing the applications and incomplete form in any respect may not be considered while shortlisting for the next stage.

Only shortlisted candidates for interview will be contacted. Interviewees will be assessed on the core behaviours/qualifications listed above. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified via the system in due time. Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 9 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate”.

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