US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and delegates symbolically break ground on the new US embassy campus. Photo: Thai An/VOV

Secretary Blinken was joined by Ambassador Marc Knapper at the ceremony. Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc, and Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Duong Duc Tuan were among the attendees.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking at the event. Photo: Thai An/VOV

The Embassy campus project was first announced during the visit to Vietnam by US Vice President Kamala Harris in August 2021.

The complex spans 3.2 hectares at Pham Van Bach street, Cau Giay district, Hanoi. It will have a pond of lotus, Vietnam's national flower, symbolizing nobility and optimism about the future.