The White Home had no speedy remark. A Vietnamese overseas ministry spokesperson beforehand had not mentioned whether or not Lam would meet Biden through 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 the USA since he was named in early August as head of the get together, the nation’s strongest job, Lam will converse on the UN occasion and meet with representatives from a number of US 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.
