Making waves: A screencap of Kritenbrink performing with Vietnamese rapper Wowy in a video that has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. — AFP
The US ambassador who made a splash in Vietnam by making a rap video is getting a promotion – as the top diplomat for Asia under President Joe Biden.
Daniel Kritenbrink, a career diplomat who speaks Chinese and Japanese, was nominated by Biden to be the assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, a White House statement said.
