The American Center Hanoi is an educational center. Hanoi’s USIS Library was established in 1997. On October 1, 1999, USIS Hanoi changed its name to the Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy and the Library became the IRC, located at 127 Ba Trieu Street, Hanoi. At that time, it were only open to PAS key contacts. In 2000, the IRC moved to 170 Ngoc Khanh, Hanoi. In 2004, we started accepting senior students to the IRC and from April 2008, it became totally open to the public. The IRC is open until 6:00pm every weekday. It closes on Monday mornings and American and Vietnamese holidays. The new name as of 2010 is the American Center Hanoi.