U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, at the Communist Party of Vietnam Headquarters in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 10, 2023. Deals unveiled by the White House during the trip include Vietnam Airlines' purchase of 50 Boeing 737 Max jets, in an agreement that it said was worth $7.8 billion, in line with an earlier Reuters report. The White House also announced plans by Microsoft (MSFT.O) to make a "generative AI-based solution tailored for Vietnam and emerging markets." The White House also highlighted the number of chip-related investments by U.S. firms in Vietnam, including plans by Marvell and Synopsys (SNPS.O) to build chip design centres in the country. U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken and Vietnam's investment minister Nguyen Chi Dung chaired the meeting, which was followed by discussions with Biden and Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

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Persons: Joe Biden, Nguyen Phu Trong, Evelyn Hockstein, Joe Biden's, MoMo, Biden, Vietnam's FPT, Antony Blinken, Nguyen Chi Dung, Pham Minh Chinh, Dung, Phuong Nyugen, Nandita Bose, Francesco Guarascio @fraguarascio, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Vietnam's Communist Party General, Communist Party of, REUTERS, Rights, Google, Intel, Marvell, Boeing, Innovation, Investment, Nasdaq, Vietnam Airlines, White, Max, Microsoft, Nvidia, Intel's, Honeywell, State, Vietnam's, Thomson Locations: Communist Party of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam, Rights HANOI, chipmaking, Washington, China, Taiwan, U.S, United States