Vietnam’s top leader Lam to visit US, Cuba next week

HANOI - Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party chief, President To Lam, will pay a working visit to the US next week and participate in the 79^th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, according to a government statement.

After that, Mr Lam will pay an official visit to Cuba, Vietnam’s long-term communist partner.

Mr Lam’s visit will take place from September 21 to 27, the statement said. It did not give specific timeframe of his visit to each country.

Reuters on Sept 17 reported that during his US visit, Mr Lam will deliver a speech at the UN event and

meet representatives

from several US corporations, including Alphabet’s Google and Facebook owner Meta.

Neither the foreign ministry spokesperson nor a separate government statement said whether Mr Lam would meet US President Joe Biden during the US trip. REUTERS