AmCham Vietnam values our partnership with the U.S. Mission In Vietnam. We share interests to strengthen the U.S.-Vietnam trade and investment partnership and enable a fair, transparent, predictable regulatory environment that values innovation. We celebrate more than 25 years of AmCham Vietnam’s existence and U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations and look forward to investing in the future for an even stronger partnership and mutual prosperity for our peoples.
Ambassador
Marc E. Knapper
Consul General
Susan Burns
Anne Benjaminson
Deputy Consul General
Consulate General Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Anne Benjaminson is the Deputy Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, a position she has held since July 2023. Most recently, she was the deputy director in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of Maritime Southeast Asia. Since joining the Foreign Service in 2004, she has served as deputy economic counselor in Kyiv, economic officer in Kabul, cultural affairs officer in Dushanbe and consular officer in Budapest, as well as domestically in the Office of Afghanistan Affairs and Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs. A native of New York City, she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and the Foreign Service Economic Studies course. She is married and has two children.
Honorary Board of Governor Liaisons
AmCham Vietnam HCMC’s Board of Governors agreed in 2019 to establish the positions of “Honorary Board Liaison” positions and appoint two representatives from the U.S. Consulate in HCMC in this capacity. The Honorary Board Liaison positions, representing the Consulate’s Economic and Commercial sections, do not have voting rights and serve to increase communication and coordination with the U.S. Mission in Vietnam.
Gregory Harris
Principal Commercial Officer, U.S. Commercial Service (FCS)
U.S. Consulate, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Gregory Harris began his tour as PCO in Ho Chi Minh City in August 2023. PCO Harris will be responsible for commercial operations in southern Vietnam, one of Southeast Asia’s most vibrant commercial areas.
Before undertaking Vietnamese studies, PCO Harris finished his tour as PCO in Beijing China, our largest office which covers a territory with a GDP of $6 trillion dollars. In Beijing, his team helped client close more than a record $50 billion dollars in sales and investment contracts for U.S. entities. He was known for developing staff to numerous promotions and awards, including several Gold Medal Awards, the Commerce Department’s highest honor. He was also intimately involved in helping provide life-saving materials for the American people during the pandemic.
Previously, Mr. Harris was the Senior Commercial Officer and Director of the Commercial Service’s Liaison Office to the Asian Development Bank. In this regional leadership role, he helped U.S. firms bid on ADB projects in forty countries across Asia. He was also a pioneer in recognizing the strategic and commercial importance of the Pacific. Mr. Harris also led commercial operations in southern Taiwan as PCO in Kaohsiung.
Mr. Harris also served as team leader at two of our busiest commercial posts, Shanghai, and Taipei, where he was a global leader in helping clients achieve their export goals. Before entering international operations, he served clients from the US Export Assistance Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Harris earned a BA from the University of New Mexico and a MA from the Jackson School at the University of Washington. He is professionally qualified in Chinese and Vietnamese. A veteran, Mr. Harris served as a cryptologic linguist for the U.S. Air Force with tours in Japan and Korea. He is married with two children.
Alex Tatsis
Economic Section Chief
U.S. Consulate, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Alexander Tatsis is the Economic Section Chief at the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City. Previously, he served as Senior Vietnam Desk Officer in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State in Washington. He has also served in the U.S. Embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Islamabad, Paris, and Khartoum, Sudan. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, he worked in finances in New York.
Alexander is a graduate of Georgetown University. He speaks French and Greek.