HAI PHONG, 25 January 2022 – The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam’s Office of Defense Cooperation Chief Major Wei Yuan formally handed over the Hai Phong Disaster Management Coordination Center to Mr. Do Gia Khanh, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and Deputy Chief of the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control, …

HANOI, December 13, 2021 - On December 8, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken presented the 2021 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) in the Climate Innovation category to Australis Aquaculture, an American company that has pioneered climate-smart ocean farming in the marine tropics of central Vietnam. Based in Khanh Hoa Province, Australis is also developing technology to cultivate …

HANOI, November 19, 2021 – A fugitive currently  wanted in the United States  by the FBI for methamphetamine distribution was returned to the United States on November 16, 2021, following months of cooperation between U.S. and Vietnamese government agencies. The 38-year-old fugitive, Tyler Pham, is a Vietnamese citizen who had previously evaded U.S. authorities and travelled to Vietnam to escape prosecution. As a …

HANOI, November 8, 2021 - The U.S. Mission to Vietnam is proud to partner with Vietnam to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.  The United States, in partnership with COVAX, is providing 2,873,520 additional life-saving doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to Vietnam.  1,316,250 doses arrived on November 6 in Hanoi, and 1,557,270 doses arrived in two shipments on November 7 …

HANOI, October 29, 2021 — The Alliance Leadership Group, the private sector platform advising the Mekong Sustainable Manufacturing Alliance (The Alliance), is seeking firms with an active commitment in leading on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues to join its membership body. With strong participation from global brands, The Alliance plays an instrumental role in advancing ESG priorities in the following sectors in Cambodia, …

HANOI, October 29, 2021 — Huge gender gaps in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) remain in Southeast Asia, with the World Bank reporting the average share of female graduates from STEM programs at the tertiary level among Southeast Asia’s middle-income countries at only 35 percent. These factors, along with other challenges and barriers for women to …

HANOI, October 28, 2021 — Today, during the fourth Indo-Pacific Business Forum, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced $860,000 in assistance for three renewable energy projects in Vietnam. The new funding supports USAID’s ongoing efforts to reduce risk and transaction costs for project developers to encourage increased private sector investment in Vietnam’s renewable …

HANOI, October 25, 2021 — The U.S. Mission to Vietnam is proud to announce COVAX delivered an additional 2,633,670 life-saving doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine made available by the United States to assist Vietnam in its fight against COVID-19.  1,317,420 doses arrived on October 24 in Hanoi, and 1,316,250 doses arrived on October 25 in Ho Chi Minh City.  This is the sixth COVAX delivery to Vietnam, totaling 12.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses made available by the …

HANOI, October 21, 2021 – Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Directorate of Fisheries of the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development launched the Mekong Delta Coastal Habitat Conservation project, which was announced during U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to Vietnam in August. With …

Hanoi, October 15, 2021 – The U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City awarded a $2.96 million grant today to AMI AC Renewables to construct a battery energy storage system pilot project in Vietnam. The project will use cutting-edge American technology and equipment to demonstrate how advanced energy storage can reduce power losses and …

Hanoi, October 13, 2021 — COVAX delivered an additional 1,999,530 life-saving doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine made available by the United States to assist Vietnam in its fight against COVID-19. These vaccine doses were delivered by COVAX directly from the Pfizer manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A total of 1,209,780 doses arrived in two deliveries to …

HANOI, October 12, 2021 – The United States delivered 36 ultra-low temperature freezers to the Ministry of Health at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) to assist Vietnam in storing lifesaving vaccines against COVID-19. These freezers are the first of 111 ultra-low temperature, medical-grade storage units that the U.S. Department of Defense is providing to the …

HANOI, October 2, 2021 – The United States delivered an additional 1,499,940 life-saving doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to assist Vietnam in its fight against COVID-19. These doses were delivered through COVAX and came directly from the Pfizer manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This delivery follows three previous donations totaling six million vaccine doses that the United States …

HANOI, October 1, 2021 – Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment launched the Vietnam Workforce for an Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem (WISE) project, a two-year, USAID-funded initiative that will support Vietnam’s National Fourth Industrial Revolution Strategy to advance continued economic transformation. After decades as one of the …

HANOI, August 25, 2021 – Vice President Kamala D. Harris today launched the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Southeast Asia Regional Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, at a ceremony that included the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. CDC Director, and a Deputy Prime Minister and Health Ministers from eleven countries. The new Regional Office …

HANOI, August 24, 2021 – Earlier this evening, the Vice President’s traveling delegation was delayed from departing Singapore because the Vice President’s office was made aware of a report of a recent possible anomalous health incident in Hanoi, Vietnam. After careful assessment, the decision was made to continue with the Vice President’s trip. The delegation …

HANOI, July 13, 2021 – On July 9, The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), and the Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) held the 155th Repatriation Ceremony at Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi.  This was the first repatriation ceremony held at Gia Lam Airport since 1973, when over 500 American POWs were flown home during “Operation Homecoming” following …

HANOI, July 10, 2021 – The United States delivered two million life-saving doses of the Moderna mRNA vaccine through the COVAX Facility to assist Vietnam in its fight against COVID-19.  Today’s shipment is part of the 80 million doses of vaccine that President Biden committed from the U.S. vaccine supply to support global needs. Speaking at a ceremony …

HANOI, July 7, 2021 – On Tuesday, July 6, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi presented a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine and mobile lab equipment to the Military Medical Department of the Ministry of National Defense. This equipment is a gift from the United States Department of Defense to strengthen Vietnam’s pandemic response by enhancing Vietnam’s mobile testing …

HANOI, June 14, 2021 – U.S. Mission Vietnam is pleased to announce the 2022 competition for the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship (FLTA) Program. The Fulbright FLTA Program is a nine-month, non-degree program for early career (not more than seven years of teaching experience) English teachers or professionals in related fields to teach their native language …

Honolulu, June 10, 2021 – On Tuesday, June 8, the Vietnam Coast Guard ship CSB 8021 arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, on its way to Vietnam. The Hamilton-class former U.S. Coast Guard cutter is the second vessel of this class given to the Vietnam Coast Guard by the United States government. On Wednesday, Brigadier General Jennifer Short and Brigadier Alan Litster from the Indo-Pacific …

HANOI, April 28, 2021 — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) marked the completion of the five-year USAID Vietnam Low Emission Energy Program (V-LEEP) today. Through V-LEEP, MOIT and USAID worked together to enhance Vietnam’s capacity in developing long-term energy strategies, mobilize private investments for renewable energy, …

HANOI, April 27, 2021 — The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching two new projects to help Vietnam contribute climate-positive actions toward addressing the global climate crisis. These new projects will help conserve over 950,000 hectares of forested area across 12 provinces in Vietnam.  Healthier, fuller forests, coupled with strong biodiversity, is critical to reducing …

HANOI, April 22, 2021 — Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) hosted an Earth Day event in Da Lat city to mark the completion of the USAID Vietnam Forests and Deltas project and launch the new USAID Sustainable Forest Management project and USAID Biodiversity Conservation project. …

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, March 29, 2021 – The U.S. Mission to Vietnam and Arizona State University (ASU) seek candidates for the 2021 YSEALI Summit: Power of STEAM Education & Workforce Innovation.  YSEALI alumni between the ages of 18 and 35, who have relevant expertise, projects, or ideas for projects that demonstrate active regional engagement or strengthen partnerships …

HANOI, January 28, 2021 — Vietnam has earned an additional three awards in the latest round of the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER), an international program that funds scientists and engineers in developing countries who partner with U.S. government-funded researchers to address global development challenges.  Vietnamese researchers have earned 20 awards under this program …

Bien Hoa City, January 20, 2020 — The U.S. Mission to Vietnam, Ministry of National Defense, Dong Nai Province, and Vietnam’s Air Defense Air Force Command (ADAFC), and the Ministry of National Defense celebrated initial dioxin remediation results in the Bien Hoa Airbase area, highlighting the United States and Vietnam’s commitment toward resolving war legacies. It …

PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 14, 2021 The United States and all law-abiding nations share a deep interest in the preservation of a free and open South China Sea.  All nations, regardless of military and economic power, should be free to enjoy the rights and freedoms guaranteed to them under international law, …

HANOI, December 15, 2020 — Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) project in Vietnam. The project aims to strengthen the Government of Vietnam’s capacity to sustainably manage HIV and tuberculosis (TB) programs towards achieving the country’s commitment to end HIV and TB by 2030. USAID/Vietnam Mission …

Hanoi, December 15, 2020 – Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Vietnam National TB Program (NTP) expanded the Ministry of Health/NTP’s “Double X” Strategy for TB case identification, with the goal of ending TB in Vietnam by 2030.  Double X is a new strategy to diagnose TB using chest X-rays and GeneXpert, …

HANOI, December 14, 2020 – Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Vietnam Urban Energy Security project and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to formalize a partnership that will support EVN’s efforts to expand Rooftop Solar (RTS) energy generation in Vietnam. Energy demand in Vietnam is increasing by 10 percent …

Media Note December 7, 2020  The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Japan and Vietnam on the occasion of the 2020 Trilateral Vietnam-U.S.-Japan Commercial Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Forum. Begin Text: The Department of State of the United States, the Ministry of Industry and Trade …

HANOI, December 8, 2020  — The U.S. Mission to Vietnam announces the recruitment season for Vietnamese host institutions interested in hosting a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) during academic year 2021-2022. This program invites gifted high schools, colleges and universities located outside of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to apply to host a native English …

Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World” Explores Emerging Infectious Diseases and Pandemic Risks  HANOI, December 7, 2020 – Today, Ambassador Kritenbrink, together with Prof. Dr. Tran Van Thuan, Deputy Minister of Health, and Dr. Ta Thanh Van, President Hanoi Medical University, opened the Smithsonian Institution’s “Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World” Exhibition at Hanoi Medical University. …

Hanoi, December 4, 2020 – U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink visited Thai Nguyen on December 4, 2020, where he met with provincial leaders and attended the opening ceremony of the American Hangout at Thai Nguyen University (TNU).  In meetings with local leaders, Ambassador Kritenbrink reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to a strong, prosperous, and independent Vietnam, and discussed …

HANOI, December 03, 2020 — Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced private sector engagement (PSE) pilot projects in Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Caribbean to advance innovative solutions to reduce the risk and impact of natural disasters. These projects are aimed at helping the humanitarian community better understand how the private sector can invest in …

Hanoi, December 02, 2020 – The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam announces the Fulbright Vietnamese Student Scholarship Program.  This scholarship will cover fees related to tuition, round-trip airfare to the United States, a monthly stipend, and health insurance. Established in 1946 and funded by the U.S. Congress, the Fulbright Program aims to achieve mutual understanding through academic …

Hanoi, November 5, 2020 – U.S. and Vietnamese law enforcement authorities coordinated the capture and return of two U.S. citizen fugitives located in Ho Chi Minh City and Vung Tau City. Vietnam Police officials from the Office of Police Investigation Agency, under the Vietnam Ministry of Public Security, arrested two U.S. fugitives this month based on U.S. …

READOUT OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON OCTOBER 30, 2020 The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown:‎ Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo met today with Vietnamese Minister for Public Security To Lam in Hanoi, Vietnam.  Secretary Pompeo and Minister Lam emphasized the importance of growing bilateral security cooperation in the Mekong region and …

HANOI, September 28, 2020 – On September 24, 2020, The Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Personnel (VNOSMP) and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) held the 154th Repatriation Ceremony at the People’s Army of Vietnam Forensics Institute in Hanoi.  The U.S. Ambassador, Daniel Kritenbrink, witnessed the signing over of one set of remains thought to be …

HANOI, September 21, 2020 – On September 18, 2020, the representatives of U.S. Embassy Hanoi and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) held a ceremony in Hanoi to recognize National POW/MIA Recognition Day in honor those who were held captive and returned, as well as those who remain missing from past conflicts. Ambassador Kritenbrink delivered remarks at …

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are enduring strategic partners as we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and plan for economic recovery.  We commit to continue our collaboration with ASEAN to beat this pandemic and get back to the business of building a bright future for the region together. We thank our ASEAN partners for their …