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. Meta's Facebook has in the 100-million-people country one of its largest user bases worldwide, and Google makes its...

LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Legal & General ( LGGNF ) has agreed to sell its UK housebuilder CALA Group in a deal worth 1.35 billion pounds ($1.78 billion) to an acquisition vehicle led by U.S. private assets firm Sixth Street Partners, as the latter steps up its European investment drive. The British life insurer will receive cash proceeds of...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Wednesday and were set to snap a two-session winning streak ahead of a likely interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve, as weak macroeconomic data weighed on demand despite the potential for more violence in the Middle East. Brent crude futures for November were down 45 cents, or 0.6%, at $73.25 a barrel,...

* Lam to travel to US for the first time since he got top job * Google, Meta have large interests in Vietnam * Lam to attend event with several US corporations, sources say * Lam to speak at UN, not clear if he will meet Biden By Francesco Guarascio and Phuong Nguyen HANOI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Vietnam's president...