washington/seattle u.s. company sign business deal vietnam worth billion wednesday include power project jet engines general electric co ge.n diesel generator technology caterpillar cat.n commerce department say 13 deal announce vietnamese prime minister nguyen xuan phuc meet u.s. president donald trump part three-day trade-focused trip unite state u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross pledge shrink u.s. trade deficits say transactions would include 3.4 billion u.s. produce content would support 23,000 job trump administration still want work vietnam bring rapidly grow 32 billion trade surplus unite state say murray hiebert southeast asia expert center strategic international study washington hear u.s. officials ahead trip sign deal u.s. company nice enough hiebert say ge say wednesday sign deal vietnam worth 5.58 billion power generation aircraft engines service large single combine sale country ge history ge agreement vietjet aviation jsc vjc.hm include 20 jet engines make cfm international joint venture ge safran sa saf.pa france also include 12-year engine service contract 215 leap-1b engines 100 boeing 737 max aircraft vietjet order ge say ge power unit sign memorandum understand build two 750-megawatt gas fire turbine power plant conjunction state energy group petrovietnam use blue whale gas field ge also sign joint development agreement erect 800-megawatt wind power facility partner agreement phu cuong group international mainstream renewable power ge say honeywell hon.n also sign 100 million deal supply vietjet 98 auxiliary power units airline new fleet airbus air.pa a320 aircraft include maintenance 12 years caterpillar dealer vietnam phu thai cat agree provide generator management technology 100 generators vietnam company say technology would allow remote function monitor include fuel temperature pressure value caterpillar deal disclose hilton worldwide hlt.n sign deal worth 650 million manage 610-room dual-branded hotel vietnam port security firm passport systems inc sign deal worth billion 420 million u.s. content commerce say u.s. company sign billions deal vietnam