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7 Lang Ha Street, Hanoi, Vietnam. Coordinates. 21°1′18″N 105°49′8″E. / 21.02167°N 105.81889°E / 21.02167; 105.81889. Jurisdiction. Vietnam. Website. vn .usembassy .gov. The Embassy of the United States, Hanoi is the highest diplomatic representation of the United States in Hanoi, Vietnam. [ 1][ 2] The embassy is located in ...
Hồ Chí Minh. The Consulate General of the United States of America, Ho Chi Minh City represents the interests of the United States government in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Vietnam. [ 1][ 2] The consulate reports to the ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi. Prior to the Reunification of Vietnam in 1975, the Consulate ...
The United States Embassy in Saigon was first established in June 1952, and moved into a new building in 1967 and eventually closed in 1975. The embassy was the scene of a number of significant events of the Vietnam War, most notably the Viet Cong attack during the Tet Offensive which helped turn American public opinion against the war, and the helicopter evacuation during the Fall of Saigon ...
Pete Peterson. as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Formation. April 11, 1997. Website. U.S. Embassy - Hanoi. The United States ambassador to Vietnam ( Vietnamese: Đại sứ Hoa Kỳ tại Việt Nam) is the chief American diplomat to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. After the First Indochina War and the defeat of the French ...
This is a list of the 177 resident embassies in Washington, D.C. For other diplomatic missions in the United States, see List of diplomatic missions in the United States . / 38.913937; -77.046961. / 38.916944; -77.048739. / 38.953421; -77.036019 ( Embassy of the Republic of Liberia) / 38.961076; -77.036015 ( Embassy of the Republic of ...
The Vietnam War was a massive undertaking for all involved: North Vietnam and the Viet Cong had around 690,000 soldiers by 1966, South Vietnam had a strength of 1.5 million soldiers by 1972, and the U.S. deployed a total of 2.7 million soldiers over the course of American involvement, peaking at 543,000 in April 1969.
The fall of Saigon[ 9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the South Vietnamese state, leading to a transition period and the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under ...
United States–Vietnam relations improved in August 1995, when both nations upgraded their liaison offices opened during January 1995 to embassy status, with the United States later opening a consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City, and Vietnam opening a consulate in San Francisco. [3]