List of ambassadors of Vietnam to the United States

The Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the Vietnamese government to the government of the United States. The ambassador lives in Washington, D.C..

Ambassador of Vietnam to the United States
Incumbent
Hà Kim Ngọc
since September 17, 2018
Inaugural holderTran Van Kha
FormationJuly 1, 1952

List of ambassadors
Term Start Term end Ambassador Vietnam ruler U.S. President Biography
July 1, 1952 Unknown Tran Van Kha Bảo Đại Harry S. Truman Born 1894 in Cochinchina.

Tran Van Kha lived in France from 1911 to 1925. After returning to Hanoi, he occupied himself with educational problems. From 1926 to 1945, he was a member of the Colonial Council (Conseiller de l' Assemblée de l'Union Française pour le Viêtnam). In 1939, he became Vice President of the Colonial Council. He turned his attention to economics and became a member of the Municipal Council of Saigon. The ex-Emperor Bảo Đại appointed him to be the Vietnamese ambassador to the United States on March 3, 1952. [1]

August 16, 1954 Unknown Trần Văn Chương Ngo Dinh Diem Dwight D. Eisenhower Trần Văn Chương (1898–1986) was from a prominent Vietnamese family. His father was Tran Van Thong, governor of Hải Dương Province, and his mother was Bui Thi Lan, sister of Bui Quang Chieu, who in 1923 founded the Đảng Lập hiến Đông Dương (Constitutional Party). Chuong was also the younger brother of Trần Văn Đỗ (1903–1990), who served as South Vietnam's Foreign Minister from 1965 to 1967.

In July 1954, Tran Van Chuong became the minister of state in Ngo Dinh Diem's first government but was quickly sent to Washington to replace Tran Van Kha as the Vietnamese ambassador. He remained ambassador until his resignation on August 22, 1963, amid the Buddhist Crisis and immediately after the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids.[2]

December 15, 1964 Unknown Trần Thiện Khiêm Phan Khắc Sửu Lyndon B. Johnson Born December 15, 1925 in Saigon. He was from a Roman Catholic family and was the godson of Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục.[3]
December 16, 1965 Unknown Vu Van Thai Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Lyndon B. Johnson Born January 26, 1919, in Hanoi. He was the Director General of the Budget and Foreign Aid.

He attended secondary school in Vietnam. From 1939 to 1944, he attended Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufacturers, Paris (licence es sciences). From 1944 to 1946, he attended the National Center of Scientific Research, Paris, on scholarship. From 1946 to 1949, he was the Laboratory Chief, National. He was married to a French woman, the former Simone Garoute; they had three daughters.[4]

January 19, 1967 Unknown Bùi Diễm Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Lyndon B. Johnson Born 1923 in Phu Ly. The son of a scholar who had supported the patriotic movement led by Phan Chu Trinh, Diêm graduated from the prestigious Thăng Long School in Hanoi and then studied in France. He later held several important posts in the RVN.[5]
June 16, 1972 1972 Nguyen Hoan Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Richard Nixon Chargé d'affaires ad interim[6]
July 21, 1972[6] May 21, 1975 Trần Kim Phượng Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Richard Nixon Born November 5, 1926, in Hanoi. He holds degrees in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Paris, and in International Relations from the Sciences Po, Paris. The embassy closed on May 21, 1975.[6]
May 14, 1997[6][7] 2001 Le Van Bang Võ Văn Kiệt Bill Clinton Born June 30, 1947, in Ninh Binh Province. Married, two children.[8]
October 10, 2001[6] 2007 Nguyen Tam Chien Phan Văn Khải George W. Bush Born January 20, 1948, in Nghe An Province. Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (Engineering University, Soviet Union; 1972), Master of Arts in International Relations (Moscow Diplomacy Academy; 1984). Married, three children.[9]
January 22, 2008[7] 2011 Le Cong Phung Nguyễn Tấn Dũng George W. Bush Born February 20, 1948, in Thanh Hoa Province. Married, two children.[10]
July 7, 2011[7][11] 2014 Nguyen Quoc Cuong Nguyễn Minh Triết Barack Obama Born October 6, 1959, in Hanoi. University of Foreign Affairs (1981), Master of Arts in International Relations (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; 1997). Married, two children.[12]
February 23, 2015[7] 2018 Pham Quang Vinh Nguyễn Minh Triết Barack Obama Born in 1958, grew up in Hanoi. University of Foreign Affairs (1980), Master of Arts in International Relations (University of Canberra; 1985). Married to Hoang Bich Lien, two children.[13][14][15]
September 17, 2018[16] Present Ha Kim Ngoc Trần Đại Quang Donald Trump Born 1963 in Hanoi. Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (1985), Master of Arts in International Relations (DAV; 2010). Married to Nguyen Thi Phuong Lien, two children.[17][18]
Nguyễn Phú Trọng

See also
  • Vietnam–United States relations

References
  1. Tran Van Kha
  2. Trần Văn Chương
  3. Trần Thiện Khiêm
  4. Vu Van Thai
  5. Bùi Diễm
  6. "Diplomatic Representation for Socialist Republic of Vietnam". U.S. State Department. December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  7. "Timeline". Embassy of Vietnam in the U.S. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  8. "Ambassador Le Van Bang (1995 - 2001)". Embassy of Vietnam in the U.S. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  9. "Ambassador Nguyen Tam Chien (2001 - 2007)". Embassy of Vietnam in the U.S. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  10. "Ambassador Le Cong Phung (2008 - 2011)". Embassy of Vietnam in the U.S. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  11. "Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong presented credentials to U.S President Barack Obama (7th Jul 2011)". July 7, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  12. "Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Cuong (2011-2014)". Embassy of Vietnam in the U.S. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  13. "Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh (2014 - 2018)". Embassy of Vietnam in the U.S. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  14. "Vietnam's Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Pham Quang Vinh?". AllGov. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  15. "OralHistory". www.westpointcoh.org. April 6, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  16. "Diplomatic Corps Order of Precedence and Dates of Presentation of Credentials". U.S. State Department. October 30, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  17. "Ambassador Ha Kim Ngoc". Embassy of Vietnam in the U.S. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  18. Cari (September 30, 2018). "October 2018". The Washington Diplomat. Retrieved December 12, 2018.

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