 Diplomatic relations were established July 11, 1995, and the embassy in Hanoi was established with L. Desaix Anderson as "chargé d’affaires" "ad interim".The house used by the U.S. ambassador was designed by M. LaCollogne, Principal Architect and Chief of Civil Construction Service in Tonkin and built in 1921 by Indochina Public Property, part of the French colonial government, for Indochina Financial Governors who lived here until 1948.The house was then assigned, until 1954, to the highest-ranking Indochina Tariff Officer.