Economics

Vietnam Investors Shrug Off U.S. Trade Risk For Growth

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Photographer: Maika Elan/Bloomberg
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Foreign investors in Vietnam stocks are shrugging off the threat of additional U.S. tariffs on the country’s exports, even as the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub draws increased scrutiny from President Donald Trump’s government.

Robust economic growth and the government’s planned sale of stakes in state-controlled companies will offset dips in equity prices triggered by trade frictions, according to investors including Federico Parenti at Sempione Sim SpA in Milan.