US to remove Vietnam from tech export control list, Hanoi says

US President Donald Trump told Vietnam’s top leader To Lam he would “instruct the relevant agencies” to remove the country from a list restricted from accessing advanced US technologies, Vietnam’s government announced on Saturday. The two leaders met in person for the first time at the White House on Friday, after Lam attended the inaugural meeting of Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Washington. “Donald Trump said he would instruct the relevant agencies to soon remove Vietnam from the strategic...

By Agence France-Presse