Mr. Duong is KPMG Vietnam’s Head of Tax and Head of the KPMG Branch in Danang, Central Vietnam.

During his 22 years as a professional working in Vietnam and Australia, Duong has advised MNCs and Vietnamese corporates in a range of sectors on tax, market entry, supply chain, restructuring, controversy, and complex transaction matters in relation to their inbound and outbound investments.

Duong is a regular external speaker on Vietnamese fiscal, tax, and customs matters, and an advisor to the Ministry of Finance and industry on excise tax policy for a number of sectors including automobile, alcohol, and tobacco. His most recent engagements were capacity building on transfer pricing management to Vietnam’s General Department of Taxation, in a project funded by the European Commission, and professional consultation on the Government’s adaptation of the OECD guidelines on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS).

Ms. Nga has more than 25 years of experience in a broad range of advisory processes on tax, corporate and statutory issues for clients including multinational organizations, foreign and local financial institutions, and foreign-invested companies in Vietnam.

She has been involved and led a tax team in advising clients on tax, investment, and regulatory issues, including tax due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, divestments and corporate restructures, investigations and audits by the local tax authority in different industries, such as manufacturing, trading, industrial products, commercial products, logistics, and e-commerce.

She has also represented clients in negotiations with the local tax authorities on resolving the tax disputes by petitions to the central tax authorities and ministry level for favorable and practical guidance.

Recent experiences include taxation advice on financing and acquisition structures, due diligence projects, providing tax planning advice on exit strategies and simplification of corporate structures, consolidation, and mergers to optimize the management cost and tax incentives.

Ms. Huong has over 20 years of tax professional experience at KPMG and another Big 4 Firm. Her current role is Head of Tax Disputes & Controversy, and Head of Government Liaison function, especially for tax and investment consulting services. Ms. Huong possesses a wide working network with key Government bodies and she also maintains active and constructive relationships with the relevant agencies and officials, particularly in the central Government, to assist clients in dealing with Governmental bodies to have practical advice and guidance the clients’ business matters, particularly in respect of tax, investment, accounting, and finance.

With longstanding professional relationships and experience in dealing with governmental and regulatory bodies, Huong has a unique ability to understand the Government authority process and approach, which efficiently help the KPMG team come up best practical advice and the best possible outcome in resolving the issues.

Ms. Ha has been with KPMG for over 14 years, including with KPMG Australia, and Sydney Global Transfer Pricing Services group under an international assignment.

Ms. Ha’s sector experience includes transfer pricing, taxation, trade & customs. She has advised numerous multinational enterprises in Japan, Australia, Europe, the United States, and other Asia-Pacific countries on consumer/industrial goods, media and entertainment, financial services, electronics, forwarding and logistics, information technology, tax, customs, and transfer pricing compliance and planning, and inbound investment.