In keeping with my recent theme of visas, here’s some information about nonimmigrant visas issued over a 15-year period.  From 1995, the year the US normalized diplomatic relations with Vietnam, to 2010, the US Mission issued a total of 318,335 nonimmigrant visas, including student visas.  The Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), which opened its doors in 1999, made up for lost time by issuing 235,751 over the next 12 years.  The breakdown is 74% for the Consulate General and 26% for the Embassy.