Vietnam's President To Lam pledged to boost the domestic tech economy, as he met top U.S. firms in New York, including Meta, which pledged to expand investments in the Communist-ruled country with a population of 100 million.

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's president and ruling Communist Party chief To Lam is set to meet representatives from several U.S. corporations, including Google and Meta, during a visit to the United States next week, two people briefed about the plans told Reuters.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam urged Apple, Meta, and Supermicro to expand investment in Vietnam

Vietnam's President To Lam pledged to expand the country's semiconductors and AI industry in meetings with top U.S. corporations in New York, as the Communist-ruled nation seeks more investment from tech firms and other American companies.

During the communist party chief’s five-day visit to New York, Vietnamese and U.S. firms have signed a number of economic agreements.

Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam met with leaders of international technology corporations and investment funds in New York on Monday (local time) as part of his trip to attend the high-level week of the 79th session of the U.

Meta's Facebook has in the 100-million-people country one of its largest user bases worldwide, and Google makes its smartphones there through suppliers and plans a large data centre, according to a Re