HANOI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Vietnam's president and

ruling Communist Party chief To Lam will pay a working visit to

the United States next week and participate in the 79th Session

of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to

a government statement.

After that, Lam will pay an official visit to Cuba,

Vietnam's long-term communist partner.

Lam's visit will take place from September 22-27, the

statement said. It did not give specific timeframe of Lam's

visit to each country.

Reuters on Tuesday reported that during his U.S. visit, Lam

will deliver a speech at the UN event and meet representatives

from several U.S. corporations, including Alphabet's Google and

Facebook owner Meta.

The government statement did not say whether Lam would meet

U.S. President Biden during the U.S. trip.