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 export control list,” Hanoi’s Government News website said.The two countries were locked in protracted trade negotiations when the US Supreme Court ruled many of Trump’s sweeping tariffs were illegal.A Vietnam-airlines" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="34143" data-entity-type="organization">Vietnam Airlines aircraft lands at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi. The Vietnamese national carrier placed an US$8.1 billion order with Boeing this week. Photo: AFPThree Vietnamese airlines announced nearly US$37 billion in purchases this week, in a series of contracts signed with US aerospace companies.