The recipient shall support the vietnam wartime accounting initiative

The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded a $550,000 cooperative agreement to Mission: Pow-Mia under the Past Conflict Accounting - Vietnam program (CFDA 12.015) on September 26, 2025, with completion scheduled for October 30, 2026. This cooperative agreement supports the Vietnam Wartime Accounting Initiative through collaborative efforts between the United States and Vietnam to account for military personnel missing in action from the Vietnam War era. The recipient will deliver products and services including digitization of archival information related to missing Vietnamese and American service members, facilitation of veteran-to-veteran exchanges, analysis of mass grave information, and capacity-building initiatives designed to strengthen Vietnam's institutional ability to locate and recover missing personnel.

The award represents one of three cooperative agreements issued under this program as of September 2025, with a combined obligated amount of approximately $2.13 million. The cooperative agreement is structured with an initial one-year funding commitment and potential for up to four additional option years subject to fund availability. The initiative advances bilateral engagement on war legacy issues while drawing public and stakeholder attention to the accounting mission through platforms for dialogue between the two nations.