Thirty years ago today, on August 19, 1995 (July 24, 1995 in the lunar calendar), US President Clinton announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with Vietnam. Clinton "I am here, Vietnam" On July 11, 1995, U.S. President Clinton announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with Vietnam, claiming that it was "in the interests of the United States" to help Vietnam return to the international community. As we all know, the United States and Vietnam experienced an unprecedentedly tragic war in the last century. In the nearly 30 years since the war, the normalization of relations between the United States and Vietnam has also gone through a long process. Let's take a look at the relevant background. On April 30, 1975, the last U.S. troops withdrew from Ho Chi Minh City, marking the official end of the Vietnam War. The second year after the war ended, the U.S. government launched negotiations to normalize relations with Vietnam. But it was not until 1990 that U.S. Secretary of State Baker and Vietnam Foreign Minister Nguyen Kiki met bilaterally in New York. The year after the meeting, the United States submitted a plan to Vietnam for the gradual normalization of relations between the two countries. In February 1994, U.S. President Bill Clinton announced the lifting of the trade embargo on Vietnam, opening the last lock for the two countries to establish diplomatic relations. In July 1995, the two countries formally established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level.