Vietnam's To Lam Announces 29 US Deals Ahead of UN Speech

US and Vietnamese corporations are set to sign agreements in various sectors including energy, tech, aviation, and finance as part of Vietnam's strategy to ease trade tensions with Washington.

The agreements are expected to be announced on September 23 at a business conference in New York where Vietnamese leader To Lam will be speaking at the UN General Assembly and holding meetings with several US corporations.

US energy companies Murphy Oil, Chevron, and ExxonMobil are expected to announce agreements with state-owned Petrovietnam, while Visa, Mastercard, and Citibank are set to sign agreements with financial partners in Vietnam.

The provisional list also includes an unspecified agreement between Meta and Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, as well as a deal between US chip giant Qualcomm and Vietnamese telecommunications firm VNPT.