Embassy of Vietnam, Washington, D.C. explained

Embassy of Vietnam, Washington, D.C.
Ambassador:Nguyễn Quốc Dũng
Opened:August 6, 1995
Location:Lion Building

The Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United States. Located in the Lion Building, the embassy was inaugurated on August 6, 1995, the same day as the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi.[1] The current Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States is Nguyễn Quốc Dũng.[2]

Location

The ambassador's residence is at 2251 R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. The building housed the Embassy of South Vietnam from the 1950s until May 23, 1975, when it was closed.[3] [4] It later donated its Vietnamese film reel collection to the Library of Congress.[5] The embassy also operates a Consulate-General in San Francisco.[6]

In 2022, Vietnam completed negotiations to purchase $23.7 million site for a new embassy location at 3330 Garfield Street in Washington, D.C.[7] The property is the former site of the Embassy of Belgium.[8]

List of ambassadors

See also: List of ambassadors of Vietnam to the United States.

See also

References

  1. Web site: CHRONOLOGY OF U.S. – VIETNAM RELATIONS . October 25, 2023.
  2. Web site: Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dzung Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the United States . 2024-10-04 . vietnamembassy-usa.org.
  3. News: 1975-05-24 . The Vietnam Embassy In Washington Closes . 2023-03-22 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  4. News: Lippman . Thomas W. . 1995-01-28 . U.S. AND VIETNAM AGREE TO OPEN LIAISON OFFICES' . 2023-03-22 . Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286.
  5. Web site: Vietnam on Film and Television, Appendix 1 . 2023-03-22 . www2.iath.virginia.edu.
  6. Web site: Vietnam-embassy.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181106021138/http://vietnam-embassy.org/ . 2018-11-06 . 2022-07-12.
  7. Web site: Vietnam Purchases New US Embassy in Washington DC for $23.7m Saigoneer . 2024-10-04 . saigoneer.com . en-gb.
  8. Web site: Sernovitz . Daniel J. . December 12, 2019 . Belgium sells its D.C. embassy to another foreign delegation . 2024-10-04 . American City Business Journals.

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