Vietnam stated that US President Trump told General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, To Lam, that he would remove Vietnam from the US Advanced Technology Restriction List and welcomed Vietnam's efforts to reduce the trade imbalance between the two countries. According to the statement, To Lam, who was in Washington attending Trump's first "Peace Commission" meeting since his inauguration, met with the US president on Friday. The report stated that Trump supported deepening economic and technological cooperation between the two countries, while To Lam called for resolving outstanding trade issues through negotiations. The statement also said that Trump accepted To Lam's invitation to visit Vietnam. The Vietnamese government did not provide further details in the statement.

[Visa-Free Benefits Continue to Drive Passenger Traffic to Shanghai Ports During Spring Festival] Since the start of the Spring Festival holiday, as of 00:00 on February 21, the Shanghai General Station of Immigration Inspection has processed a total of 679,000 inbound and outbound passengers. The two major international airports, Pudong and Hongqiao, have processed a total of 656,000 inbound and outbound passengers, with 340,000 outbound and 316,000 inbound. Pudong International Airport handled 605,000 inbound and outbound passengers, accounting for over 90% of all passengers. Nearly 23,000 passengers chose to spend the Spring Festival at sea by cruise ship. Since the start of the Spring Festival holiday, Shanghai immigration authorities have processed a total of 62,000 foreign passengers entering through airport ports. Among them, 32,000 foreign passengers utilized the visa-free policy and the 240-hour visa-free transit policy, accounting for 52% of the total number of foreign passengers entering through Shanghai ports. (CCTV News)

According to a Nikkei report, a senior Japanese government official stated that the US Supreme Court's ruling that Trump's retaliatory tariffs were invalid will not affect Japan's first round of investment projects in the United States. The official stated that these projects, funded by Japan's $550 billion investment commitment (in exchange for tariff reductions), are essential for Japan's economic growth and economic security, and also expressed a positive outlook on future investments beyond the second round and subsequent projects.