Vietnam's deputy PM to meet US's Bessent, Boeing on Wednesday, schedule shows
HANOI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister is set to talk on Wednesday with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and plans also to meet Boeing, SpaceX and Apple executives this week, according to an internal schedule seen by Reuters. The export-reliant Southeast Asian nation is scrambling to persuade the Trump administration to revise its decision to impose tariffs of 46% on Vietnam's exports to Washington, which account for about 30% of the country's gross domestic product. Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc is set to meet Bessent for about 45 minutes at the Treasury in Washington at 4 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) on Wednesday, according to the internal schedule, which is still subject to changes.