The embassy is located at the Lion Building and the ambassador resides in Washington, D.C. at 2251 R Street, Northwest.
The ex-Emperor Bảo Đại appointed him to be the Vietnamese ambassador to the United States on March 3, 1952.
[4] In July 1954, Trần Văn Chương became the minister of state in Ngô Đình Diệm's first government but was quickly sent to Washington to replace Trần Văn Khá as the Vietnamese ambassador.
He remained ambassador until his resignation on August 22, 1963, amid the Buddhist Crisis and immediately after the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids.
From 1939 to 1944, he attended Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufacturers, Paris (licence ès sciences).