The Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. () is the

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of the

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to the

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. Located in the

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, the embassy was inaugurated on August 6, 1995, the same day as the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi. The current Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States is

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Location

The ambassador's residence is at 2251 R Street,

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The building housed the Embassy of

South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; , VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered Diplomatic recognition, international recognition in 1949 as the State of Vietnam within the ...

from the 1950s until May 23, 1975, when it was closed. It later donated its Vietnamese film reel collection to the

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. The embassy also operates a

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

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List of ambassadors

References

Diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C. Diplomatic missions of Vietnam {{Diplomacy-stub

Location

List of ambassadors

See also

References