(Hanoi Reuters) Reuters quoted a number of sources saying that the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the President of Vietnam, Su Lin, will visit the United States next week.Corporate representatives meeting.
If the news is true, this will be the first visit to the United States since Su Lin has served as Vietnam.The two sources said that the representatives of Google and Meta would meet with Su Lin respectively.The other two sources said that Su Lin would also participate in a business forum with other American companies on September 23.
However, it is unclear whether he will meet with US President Biden and hold bilateral talks.Su Lin visited China last month and met with Chinese officials.An official told Reuters that Su Lin also plans to visit France in early October.
In recent years, the United States has worked hard to establish a closer relationship with Vietnam, and successfully raised relations between the two countries to the level of comprehensive strategic partners last year.
On the other hand, Reuters quoted different sources as saying that the United States is trying to persuade Vietnam to cooperate with Chinese cable laid companies Huahai Communications and other Chinese companies when implementing plans to lay 10 new sea cables.
Vietnam's five major submarine cables connecting the global Internet have repeatedly failed due to aging. The government plans to laid 10 new submarine cables by 2030.
According to many sources, since January, US officials and companies have held at least six meetings with Vietnam and other foreign officials and corporate executives to discuss Vietnam's cable strategy.A participating official said: "This is a very difficult lobby."
Knowledge: Meeting with the United States to reduce Vietnam's confidence in communication with Huahai
There are five other sources saying that Vietnam's official and state -owned enterprises have now opened their cooperation with China in cooperation with China.However, people familiar with the matter revealed that meeting with the United States made Vietnam believe that Huahai Communications with less experience is not a good choice.
According to two people attending the meeting, the US personnel clearly stated that the cable contractors with less experience and lack of key component supply will hinder US companies' investment in Vietnam.One of them said: "They clearly click Huahai Communication at the meeting."
The United States and China are competing for their influence in Vietnam. Biden and Chinese officials visited Vietnam last year, and both companies in Vietnam also invested in Vietnam.Among them, Vietnam and China have publicly discussed and strengthened digital interconnection between the two countries.
Washington believes that Huahai Communications is a subsidiary of Huawei, and both companies have been sanctioned by the US government for national security reasons.Huawei has denied accusations that Huahai Communications said that it is an independent company.
Reuters' survey shows that due to the concerns of Beijing's spy activities, the United States has previously successfully lobby to eliminate Huahai Communications outside another project.
