HANOI/SEOUL: Vietnam's leader To Lam will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday, marking their second meeting in less than a year, as Hanoi seeks more support for its high-tech ambitions from its top investor.

Vietnam, a major exporter of phones and other electronic goods, is keen to pivot to more sophisticated technologies such as semiconductors.

South Korea is the largest investor in Southeast Asia's fastest growing economy in terms of accumulated capital, and the Samsung group, which includes chip giant Samsung Electronics, is the biggest foreign corporate investor with more than $20 billion mostly in electronic goods plants.

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