Overcoming War Legacies: Remarks / Panel 1 - Foundations of U.S.-Vietnamese Post-War Partnership
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 27/03/2019

The governments of the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace, hosted a landmark event examining the transformation from enemies to partners by the two countries since the end of the war in 1975. 

This is the first of four videos from this event, and includes remarks by USIP President Nancy Lindborg, Vietnamese Deputy Defense Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Dr. Joseph H. Felter, and U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy; and a panel discussion focused on "Foundations of U.S.-Vietnamese Post-War Partnership."

For more information about this event, and to watch the rest of the discussions, visit: https://www.usip.org/events/overcoming-war-legacies

Speakers: 

Remarks:

Honorable Nancy Lindborg
President, U.S. Institute of Peace

Remarks on behalf of the Government of Vietnam:

Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Chi Vinh
Deputy Defense Minister; Permanent Member of Standing Committee 701

Remarks by Senior U.S. Department of Defense Official:

Dr. Joseph H. Felter
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia 

Remarks:

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) 
U.S. Senator, Vermont

Panel 1: Foundations of U.S.-Vietnamese Post-War Partnership 

Kelly McKeague
Director, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Nguyen Huu Luong
MIA Agency Director, Ministry of Defense

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh
Former Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States

Robert Destatte
Vietnam Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency 

Fred Downs
Former National Director, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service

Ambassador Charles Ray (Ret.), moderator
Former Consul General, Ho Chi Minh City

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