HCM City, April 9 -- As Vietnam's economic locomotive and the export gateway of the southern key economic region, Ho Chi Minh City was advised to proactively develop growth scenarios and ready response plans in anticipation of varying outcomes from ongoing tariff negotiations between Vietnam and the US. Experts and businesses made the recommendation at a seminar held by the municipal People's Committee on April 9 to discuss the city's economic growth amid the new US tariff policy. Direct impact According to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade, the US has for many years been the city's second-largest export market, after China. Between 2016 and 2024, HCM City's exports to the US peaked at 7.4 billion USD in 2024, representing a ...