Embassy of Vietnam, Washington, D.C.
| Embassy of Vietnam, Washington, D.C. | |
|---|---|
| Map | |
| Location | Lion Building |
| Opened | August 6, 1995 |
| Ambassador | Nguyễn Quốc Dũng |
The Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. (Vietnamese: Đại sứ quán Việt Nam tại Hoa Kỳ) 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
[edit ]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ドル.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
[edit ]See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "CHRONOLOGY OF U.S. – VIETNAM RELATIONS" . Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- ^ "Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dzung | Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the United States". vietnamembassy-usa.org. Retrieved 2024年10月04日.
- ^ "The Vietnam Embassy In Washington Closes". The New York Times. 1975年05月24日. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023年03月22日.
- ^ Lippman, Thomas W. (1995年01月28日). "U.S. AND VIETNAM AGREE TO OPEN LIAISON OFFICES'". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved 2023年03月22日.
- ^ "Vietnam on Film and Television, Appendix 1". www2.iath.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2023年03月22日.
- ^ "Vietnam-embassy.org". Archived from the original on 2018年11月06日. Retrieved 2022年07月12日.
- ^ "Vietnam Purchases New US Embassy in Washington DC for 23ドル.7m | Saigoneer". saigoneer.com. Retrieved 2024年10月04日.
- ^ Sernovitz, Daniel J. (December 12, 2019). "Belgium sells its D.C. embassy to another foreign delegation". American City Business Journals . Retrieved 2024年10月04日.
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