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US-Vietnam Relations 25 Years of Normalization: What's Next? Challenges & Opportunities

  • 2044 Rayburn House Building (map)

In the US-Vietnam Relations briefing, panelists commemorated the beginning and continuity of the US-Vietnam relationship and shared their diverse perspectives on the main drivers of it. Discussions centered around economic opportunities and challenges, partnership leverage, and historical legacies between the two countries.

The briefing featured John Goyer, Executive Director of Southeast Asia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Michael Martin Ph.D., Specialist in Asian Affairs, Congressional Research Service, and Bich T. Tran, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Antwerp. James Borton, Faculty Associate at the Walker Institute University of South Carolina, will moderate.

Bui Huy Son from the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam expressed his optimism about the future of the relationship in his special remarks.

Thank you to our speakers and attendees.

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