Farewell Dinner for U.S. Consul General Marie Damour

AmCham Vietnam would like to invite you to a farewell dinner for U.S. Consul General Marie Damour on Thursday, July 7th, at the InterContinental Saigon. The dinner will begin at 7PM, with a cocktail reception before, starting at 6PM.

Consul General Damour has been a close friend and partner of the American business community during her three years as Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She has worked tirelessly to strengthen U.S.-Vietnam trade and investment ties, and the bilateral comprehensive partnership.

On May 25th, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate U.S. Consul General in HCMC Marie C. Damour as Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu. We will be sorry to see CG Damour depart in July, but congratulate her on this fantastic and well-deserved news!

Please join us for this special event to express our gratitude for all of Consul General Damour’s contributions here in Vietnam generally and in Ho Chi Minh City particularly, and to wish her well in her new role. Sponsorship opportunities are available.

Consul General Marie C. Damour

Marie C. Damour is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, having joined the State Department in 1993, and is assigned to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as Consul General beginning in August 2019. She has previously served as Director in the Office of Maritime Southeast Asia in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, as well as in the Office of Policy Coordination and Public Affairs in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. Previous overseas assignments include Deputy Chief of Mission in Wellington, New Zealand; Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs in Brasilia, Brazil; and Chief of Visa Services at the U.S. Embassy in London. She has also served domestically as Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary, as well as Consular Chief overseas in Iraq, Vietnam, and Mauritania. Ms. Damour is a graduate of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia; she speaks French, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.