US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak spoke with reporters at a meeting to mark his two years of working in Vietnam last month

The US has been allowed to open a consulate in Danang, the US embassy has announced.

The new office will be placed under the supervision of either the embassy in Hanoi or the consulate general in Ho Chi Minh City while the US government arranges funding for it, Ambassador Michael Michalak said.

An American official will be sent to Hanoi before taking over the Danang office when it’s ready.

In the opposite direction, Vietnam last month announced it was setting up a consulate general in Houston, Texas, its second in the US after the one in San Francisco, California.

Le Dung, the foreign ministry spokesman, will head the Houston office, which is scheduled to open in September.

Source: Tuoi Tre