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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 ...
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 .
The US was opposed to the communist government of the North, led by Chairman Hồ Chí Minh, and did not recognize the northern regime. At the end of the Vietnam War, the US Embassy in Saigon was shuttered and all embassy personnel evacuated on April 29, 1975, just prior to the capture of Saigon by North Vietnamese and Việt Cộng forces.
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Vietnam.The capital, Hanoi currently hosts 78 embassies. Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang are host to career consulates.. This listing omits honorary consulates and trade missions, except for those that serve as de facto embassies.
The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam is located in Hanoi. The U.S. Consulate General is located in Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietnamese Consulate General to the U.S. is located in San Francisco, California. In 2009, the United States received permission to open a consulate in Da Nang; in 2010, Vietnam officially inaugurated a consulate general in Houston.
Ho Chi Minh City (CG) Thua Thien Hue and all points southward. However, the Government of Viet Nam requires advance notice and approval before commencing an official visit to any of the following 11 provinces: Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dac Lac, Dac Nong, Lam Dong, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, Dong Thap, An Giang, Soc Trang, and Kien Giang
On September 14, 1994, registration for the ODP was closed. In 1999, after normalization of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Vietnam, the office in Bangkok was closed and the remaining open cases were transferred to the Refugee Resettlement Section at the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The Tet offensive attack on the United States embassy took place on the early morning of 31 January 1968, when a 19-man Viet Cong (VC) sapper team attempted to seize the US Embassy in Saigon at the start of the VC's Tet Offensive. While the VC successfully penetrated the embassy compound, they were unable to enter the chancery building and were ...