The White Home had no instant remark. A Vietnamese overseas ministry spokesperson beforehand had not mentioned whether or not Lam would meet Biden throughout the journey.
Biden has been wanting to deepen relations with the strategic Southeast Asian nation and manufacturing hub in a bid to counter Russia and China, with which Vietnam additionally retains ties.
Final September, Biden visited Vietnam and secured offers on semiconductors and minerals and an improve to Hanoi’s highest diplomatic standing, alongside China and Russia.
In his first journey to america since he was named in early August as head of the occasion, the nation’s strongest job, Lam will communicate on the U.N. occasion and meet with representatives from a number of U.S. firms, together with Alphabet’s Google and Fb proprietor Meta, Reuters beforehand reported.
Lam’s journey additionally features a cease in Cuba, Vietnam’s long-term Communist accomplice.
