Vietnam Communist Party Chief Trong to Meet Obama in U.S.
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The head of Vietnam’s Communist Party will meet President Barack Obama in the coming week, the first party chief to visit the U.S. as the two countries seek closer ties 40 years after they fought a war.
Obama will welcome Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on July 7, the White House said in an e-mailed statement Friday. While Trong holds no government rank, he’s deemed to be the state leader under the constitution.