U.S. President Donald Trump told Vietnam’s top leader he would “instruct the relevant agencies” to remove the country from a list restricted from accessing advanced U.S. technologies, Vietnam’ s government announced Saturday (February 21, 2026). The two leaders met in person for the first time at the White House on Friday (February 20, 2026), after Mr. Lam attended the inaugural meeting of Mr. Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Washington. “Donald Trump said he would instruct the relevant agencies to soon remove Vietnam from the strategic export control list,” Hanoi’s Government News website said. U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump tariffs LIVEThe two countries were locked in protracted trade negotiations when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled many of Mr. Trump’s sweeping tariffs were illegal. Mr. Trump signed off on a global 10% tariff on Friday (February 20) on all countries hours after the Supreme Court ruled many of his levies on imports were illegal.

Source: The Hindu February 21, 2026 07:55 UTC