Vietnam to spend $23.7 mln on embassy in US

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The building at 3330 Garfield Street, Washington D.C., which will host Vietnam Embassy. Photo by Google Street View

 

Vietnam has completed negotiations to spend around $23.7 million from the national budget to purchase an embassy location in the U.S.

 

In a document to garner opinions from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and Investment and Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had finished negotiations to purchase the headquarters for the Vietnam Embassy in the U.S., located at 3330 Garfield Street, Washington D.C., as well as homes for its employees in the U.S.

 

The purchased headquarters used to belong to the Belgium Embassy in the U.S. As a legal procedure, the property would return to the ownership of the U.S. Department of State, which would allow the Vietnamese foreign ministry to rent it for a dollar over 99 years.

 

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