The 37th Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Programme (SSEAYP) will take place from December 5-8 in HCM City, according to the municipal Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Committee.

At a press briefing on Nov.25, the Youth union committee said this year’s programme will draw 329 delegates from 11 countries including 10 Southeast Asian nations and Japan.

The ship will leave the Japan’s Yokohama Port on November 4 for Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam and it is scheduled to return to Tokyo on December 8.

During their four-day stay in Ho Chi Minh City, the young delegates will take part in cultural exchanges with local youths, go sightseeing and visit several press agencies in the city as well as join a homestay programme to learn about local culture, manners and customs.

The SSEAYP is an initiative of the Japanese Government and receives cooperative assistance from the governments of ASEAN nations.

It aims to strengthen friendship and mutual understanding between young people from Japan and Southeast Asian countries, and to provide a chance for them to expand their view of the world, develop their creativeness, and get to know about each other’s culture on board./.