Using a capital of some USD1.2 billion, the new U.S. Embassy campus is situated in Cau Giay District of Hanoi, a growing commercial and residential neighborhood. The new location establishes the Embassy in an emerging area of regeneration that boasts prestigious universities, and will be home to a new diplomatic complex.
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Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Vietnam Christopher Klein and Director of the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Duy Cuong at the signing ceremony, witnessed by Vice President Kamala D. Harris.
During the framework of the official visit to Vietnam by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris from August 24-26, Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Vietnam Christopher Klein and Director of the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Duy Cuong on August 25 signed an agreement on the new location of the headquarters of the US Embassy in Vietnam.
To be built on an area of 3.2 hectares of land and with a construction site of over 419,000 square meters, it is expected to represent a significant milestone in the important U.S. diplomatic relationship with Vietnam
Drawing on the image of Ha Long Bay in northeast Vietnam, the building materials portray the forward-looking, reflective, and transparent approach to U.S. diplomacy. Inspired by the agricultural traditions of farming and rice production, as seen in the landforms from the Mekong and Red River delta regions, the landscape connects the site with its own history as an active rice paddy field as recently as the early 2000s.
A major goal of the design team is to incorporate both U.S. and Vietnamese design elements, including artwork by American, Vietnamese and Vietnamese-American artists. The Embassy design will become a concrete symbol of the important relationship between the U.S. and Vietnam.
Following the normalization of U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations in 1995, the Government of Vietnam committed to providing the U.S. a site for an Embassy campus in Hanoi. Continuing to build on our growing partnership, the two countries reached an agreement on the current new Embassy site in 2019. Earlier this year, the Hanoi People’s Committee granted approval for the U.S. to lease the site, issuing a Land Lease Decision for 99 years./.
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