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2026-09-16 14:32:08
[Vietnamese Leader To Lam to Visit New York: US and Vietnamese Companies Expected to Announce 29 Deals Covering Energy, Technology, Aviation, and Finance] (1) Two documents indicate that US and Vietnamese companies are expected to announce a series of deals involving energy, technology, aviation, and financial companies during Vietnamese leader To Lam’s trip to New York next week. (2) Many of these business agreements are expected to be non-binding and have been part of Vietnam’s strategy to appease Washington for months as the Trump administration has threatened to impose new tariffs on the export-dependent Southeast Asian nation. (3) An internal planning document lists 29 deals that may be announced at a business conference in New York on September 23, which To Lam will attend. (4) US energy companies Murphy Oil and Chevron are expected to announce deals with the state-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group; ExxonMobil will announce a deal with Vietnam Refining & Petrochemical Company, Vietnam’s second-largest refinery. (5) Two officials said the trip also aims to advance trade negotiations with the US and could finalize a trade deal that has been under negotiation for more than a year. (6) But sources say a meeting with Trump is uncertain; a White House official said Tuesday that Trump’s schedule has not yet been confirmed.
