HANOI, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Vietnamese and U.S. firms

have signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to cooperate in

energy, AI and a data centre, the Vietnamese government said

Tuesday.

The MoUs were signed at a business forum in the United

States, the government said in a statement.

The MoUs include one on energy technology transfer signed by

Vietnam's state oil firm PetroVietnam and Kellogg Brown & Root,

LNG cooperation between PetroVietnam's unit PTSC and Excelerate

Energy, and AI and data centre development between Sovico Group

and Supermicro.

The forum was also attended by Vietnamese president To

Lam, who is

scheduled to meet

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday on the sidelines of

the United Nations General Assembly in New York.