NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN VIETNAM

British Ambassador to Vietnam, Robert Gordon

Mr Robert Gordon CMG, OBE has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to Vietnam. He and his wife arrived in Hanoi on 17 September 2003.

As former British Ambassador to Burma and Head of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office's South East Asia Department, Mr Gordon is familiar with South East Asian and Vietnamese affairs.

Biography:

Full Name:      Robert Anthony Eagleson Gordon
Date of Birth:   9 February 1952
Marital Status: Married to Pamela
                                Children:         Two daughters (1980,1981) & two sons (1985, 1988)
                                Honours:         CMG (1999), OBE (1983)  

FCO Career:

1999 - 2003     FCO (Head of South East Asia Department)
1995 - 1999     RANGOON (Ambassador)
1992 - 1995     WARSAW (Counsellor & Deputy Head of Mission)
1987 - 1992     PARIS - UKDel OECD (1^st Secretary, Economic)
1985 - 1987     FCO (Desk Officer, European Community Department - External)
1983 - 1985     FCO (Desk Officer, South America Department)
1978 - 1983     SANTIAGO (2^nd later 1^st Secretary, Chancery)
1975 - 1977     WARSAW (3^rd later 2^nd Secretary, Chancery)
1973 - 1974     FCO (Desk Officer, Central and Southern Africa Department)

1973.             Entered FCO