Overcoming War Legacies - Panel 3: The Road Ahead: Building an Enduring Partnership

The governments of the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace, hosted an event examining the transformation from enemies to partners by the two countries since the end of the war in 1975. Remarks The Honorable John Sullivan Deputy Secretary of State

Panel - The Road Ahead: Building an Enduring Partnership Ambassador Ha Kim Ngoc Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States

Sr. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh Deputy Defense Minister; Permanent Member of Standing Committee 701

W. Patrick Murphy Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau East Asia and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Tim Rieser Foreign Policy Aide, Senator Patrick Leahy

Elizabeth Becker Former New York Times correspondent and author of “When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution”

Ambassador William Taylor (Ret.), moderator Executive Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace