On the afternoon of September 18th, during a press conference on Ho Chi Minh City’s socio-economic situation, Mr. Trần Việt Hà, Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA), revealed that his team had surveyed and received feedback from 32 businesses exporting to the United States. The purpose of this survey was to assess the impact of retaliatory tariffs on these companies.