FILE PHOTO: Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends a news conference with Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (unseen) at the Government Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Kham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will host Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the White House on May 31 to discuss bilateral relations and regional cooperation, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.

Trump had earlier extended the invitation to the Southeast Asian nation, the Vietnamese government had previously said.