The phrase "assignment abroad" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a task or project that requires someone to work or study in a foreign country.
Example: "She was thrilled to receive an assignment abroad that would allow her to experience a new culture."
Alternatives: "overseas assignment" or "foreign assignment".
Three years into an assignment abroad, I'll be spending my third Christmas away from home.
Assignment abroad: I applied to the Princeton in Latin America fellowship program, which is a one-year work assignment at a nongovernment organization, a nonprofit.
While it remains to be seen whether Hello Kitty fans will follow her back to Japan, this isn't her first assignment abroad.
In the 2007 studio release "Rendition" Jake Gyllenhaal plays a young analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency whose conscience is stirred to action when, on an assignment abroad, he witnesses the torture of a prisoner who's been wrongly suspected of terrorism and secretly detained.
Massey told his then boss, Chris Cramer, now a senior CNN executive, that he wanted to "bring the whole BBC disciplinary process" against Mr Thompson, but the incident "lost momentum" when Mr Massey was sent on a month-long assignment abroad.
Picture this: You want to apply for a dream assignment abroad.
On one of her first assignments abroad, she spent countless days poring over the books of a struggling Kenyan microfinance firm.
Born in Boston in 1913, Mr. Marca-Relli was the son of a journalist whose assignments abroad allowed the family to spend years in Europe.
They had both spent the greater part of their time traveling, he on assignments abroad and Louise promoting charities across five continents.
Steve Robinson, executive director of the National Gulf War Resource Center, an umbrella group for organizations representing gulf war veterans, said troops should have full physical exams before, during and after assignments abroad -- including the collection of blood samples.
His first priority was always his family, which is why he refrained from accepting lengthy assignments abroad, even when, in the 1950s and 60s, his work was being shown widely in Life and Vogue.
