Addressing the Legacies of the Vietnam War: The Next Step Forward

The U.S. government will soon launch a Vietnamese Wartime Accounting Initiative following decades of Vietnamese cooperation to conduct the fullest possible accounting of missing U.S. personnel. To support this and other bilateral initiatives, USIP has established a new project that will promote greater dialogue both in and between the United States and Vietnam on war legacy issues and reconciliation. On August 3, USIP hosted a discussion with U.S. and Vietnamese officials on the Vietnamese Wartime Accounting Initiative and how it fits into broader efforts to overcome legacies of war.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) U.S. Senator; Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations 

Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien Deputy Minister, Vietnam Ministry of National Defense

Ha Kim Ngoc Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United States

Christopher Klein Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Vietnam

Colonel Thomas Stevenson U.S. Defense Attaché, U.S. Embassy in Hanoi

Ann Marie Yastishock Mission Director to Vietnam, USAID Major General Tran Quoc Dung Chief of the Executive Office, NSC-515

Lise Grande, welcoming remarks President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace

Ambassador George Moose, moderator Vice Chair, Board of Directors, U.S. Institute of Peace 

Brian Harding, moderator Senior Expert, Southeast Asia, U.S. Institute of Peace

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/addressing-legacies-vietnam-war-next-step-forward