USIP convenes a variety of virtual and in-person seminars, featuring prominent speakers from the U.S. and Vietnam, while bringing together partners and participants on multiple war legacy issues and U.S. relations.
On October 3, USIP and the Vietnam Society hosted a profound exploration of healing and harmony as part of an open dialogue on Vietnamese and Vietnamese American accomplishments and the road ahead for lasting reconciliation and peace.
On September 13 and 14, 2023, USIP hosted a three-part livestream of the Institute’s Dialogue on War Legacies and Peace, an annual event bringing government and non-governmental experts together to discuss the full range of war legacy issues and U.S. relations with Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
USIP hosted a conversation with George Black and several of the leading figures profiled in his book, “The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam.”
USIP hosted a conversation with prominent political figures and historians as they discussed their differing interpretations of the meaning of the 1973 Peace Accords and their influence on present-day U.S.-Vietnam relations.
Over two days in October 2022, speakers including former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, former Vietnamese ambassadors Phạm Quang Vinh and Tôn Nữ Thị Ninh, and USAID Assistant Administrator Michael Schiffer reflect on lessons from U.S. engagement in Southeast Asia to conflicts elsewhere in the world.
Thought leaders assess the current state of cooperation on the issue of Agent Orange — with particular attention to health and disability assistance that addresses dioxin contamination.
Vietnamese and Americans are working together to account for missing personnel from the Vietnam War.
A new bilateral initiative will enhance Vietnam’s wartime accounting capacity and deepen trust between the United States and Vietnam.
The decades-long, joint humanitarian effort to overcome the legacies of war has enabled the U.S. and Vietnam to achieve the normalization of post-war relations based on mutual respect.