The White House on May 20 held a press conference to preview President Barack Obama's coming trip to Vietnam and Japan with participants including Ambassador Mike Froman, the U.S. Trade Representative; Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications; and Wally Adeyemo, the Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics.

The schedule for Vietnam trip was presented by Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications.

As scheduled, Obama will be arriving in Vietnam on Sunday night. His program in Vietnam will begin at Hanoi on Monday, May 23rd with an official arrival ceremony, and then he will be having a bilateral meeting with President Tran Dai Quang. Following that bilateral meeting, the two leaders will be having a joint press conference.

After that, Obama will meet with NA chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, and then have a bilateral meetings with PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Obama's agenda will include a range of issues, including the TPP negotiations, the discussion on regional security issues, and growing people-to-people ties and cooperation in areas like education and entrepreneurship.

On Tuesday, May 24th, Obama will be leaving Hanoi and traveling to Ho Chi Minh City where he will visit the Jade Pagoda to be able to pay tribute to and admire the cultural traditions of Vietnam.

Following the visit to the Pagoda, he will meet with some young Vietnamese entrepreneurs, and then he’ll participate in a discussion that lifts up the benefits of TPP to both countries, and the ability of TPP to promote growth and job creation and also high standards on issues like labour and the environment.

On Wednesday, May 25th, Obama will host a town hall with members of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative. After that, he will leave Vietnam for Japan for the G7 Summit.