| John Foster Dulles |
Saigon |
Met with Premier Diem and senior Vietnamese officials. |
February 28–March 1, 1955 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Saigon |
Met with President Diem and senior Vietnamese officials. |
March 14–15, 1956 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Saigon |
Met with President Khanh and conferred with U.S. officials. |
April 17–19, 1964 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Saigon |
Met with Premier Khanh and senior Vietnamese officials. |
May 31, 1964 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Saigon |
Met with Premier Ky and Foreign Minister Do. |
January 15, 1966 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Cam Ranh Bay |
Accompanied President Johnson on a visit to U.S. military personnel. |
October 26, 1966 |
| David Dean Rusk |
Saigon |
Met with Foreign Minister Do and senior Vietnamese officials. |
December 9–11, 1966 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Saigon |
Met with President Thieu and U.S. and Vietnamese officials. Left U.S. May
12. |
May 14–19, 1969 |
| William Pierce Rogers |
Saigon |
Met with the Foreign Ministers of countries contributing troops to
Vietnam. |
July 4–7, 1970 |
| Warren Minor Christopher |
Hanoi |
Signed agreements normalizing relations with Vietnam and opened the U.S.
Embassy. |
August 5–7, 1995 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City |
Met with Prime Minister Kiet and senior Vietnamese officials. Laid cornerstone of a
new Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. |
June 26–29, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City |
Met with senior Vietnamese officials and opened new U.S. Consulate General in Ho
Chi Minh City. |
September 6–8, 1999 |
| Colin Luther Powell |
Hanoi |
Attended ASEAN Regional Forum and Post-Ministerial Conference. |
July 24–27, 2001 |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City |
Attended the APEC Cooperation Forum Ministerial Meeting and accompanied President
Bush. |
November 15–20, 2006 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Hanoi |
Attended the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference and Regional Forum Ministerial.
Discussed the Lower Mekong Initiative. |
July 21–23, 2010 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Hanoi |
Attended the East Asia Summit and the Lower Mekong Initiative meetings. |
October 29–30, 2010 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Hanoi |
Met with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.
Attended an American Chamber of Commerce Reception. |
July 10–11, 2012 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Ho Chi Minh City, Ca Mau, Hanoi |
Met with American and Vietnamese business leaders, addressed the American Chamber
of Commerce, delivered an address on climate change, and met with Foreign Minister Pham
Binh Minh. |
December 14–17, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Hanoi |
Met with Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and commemorated the
20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. |
August 6–8, 2015 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City |
Accompanied President Obama. |
May 22–25, 2016 |
| John Forbes Kerry |
Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Camau Province |
Met with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Acting Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.
Delivered a speech at the Ho Chi Minh University of Technology and Education. |
January 13–14, 2017 |
| Rex W. Tillerson |
Danang, Hanoi |
Accompanied President Trump to an APEC Meeting. |
November 10–12, 2017 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Hanoi |
Met with senior Vietnamese officials to discuss our shared commitment to the final,
fully verified denuclearization of the DPRK and other bilateral and regional
issues. |
July 8–9, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Hanoi |
Participated in the President’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and
bilateral meetings with Vietnamese leaders. |
February 24–28, 2019 |
| Michael R. Pompeo |
Hanoi |
Met with Prime Minister Phuc, Foreign Minister Minh, and Minister for Public
Security Lam. |
October 29–30, 2020 |
| Antony Blinken |
Hanoi |
Met with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh
Son. |
April 14–16, 2023 |
| Antony Blinken |
Hanoi |
Accompanied President Biden. |
September 10–11, 2023 |
