Gov. Gary Herbert flew to Singapore on Thursday and will remain there until he heads to Vietnam on Tuesday.

Utah is a big player in the world's economy. Our trade mission to Singapore aims to make business, political & cultural ties even stronger. pic.twitter.com/4kQ5kdjfUV — Gov. Gary Herbert (@GovHerbert) August 28, 2017

The trip is hosted by the World Trade Center Utah and includes meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, other government officials and business groups.

The mission also includes visits to the Vietnam operations of Utah skin care and nutritional product company Nu Skin and the Singapore operations of Rio Tinto, which runs a copper mine in Utah.