Duong is KPMG Vietnam’s Head of Tax and Head of 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 and 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).

Nga has more than 25 years of experiences in a broad range of advisory process 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 acquisition, divestments and corporate restructures, and investigations and audits by the local tax authority.

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.

Nga was the tax engagement partner of the tax due diligence and structuring advice of various Vietnamese corporations and foreign companies in different industries, such as manufacturing, trading, industrial products, commercial products, logistics, e-commerce.

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 optimise the management cost and tax incentives.

Hanh has over 22 years of experiences in helping Vietnam and foreign investors on a broad range of Vietnam taxation and inward investment issues. Her clients in Vietnam include major local and international corporations from the Asia Pacific region, US, Europe in as trading, retailing, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and healthcare, food & beverages consumer goods, banking, insurance, banking, commercial products and industrial products.
With extensive work experience, Hanh has gained an in-depth understanding of Vietnam regulatory system in tax, banking, foreign exchange, investment and labour and the practice of local and national authorities in implementation of regulations. Hanh participates in various working groups to contribute comment/recommendation and to facilitate communication with policy-makers for development of tax and regulatory system in Vietnam.
Hanh helps clients to present technical points/argument in term of petition to the central tax authorities and ministry level for positive and practical guidance.
Her recent engagements on tax advice including tax structuring are with Masan, Acecook Vietnam Joint Stock Company, Philip Morris, Fonterra, Metro Cash & Carry, Suntory Pepsico Vietnam Beverage Co. Ltd., Sharp, Roche, Vina Siam Foods, Siam City Cement Vietnam Ltd, Vietnam Kirin Beverage Co., Ltd., Malaya (Vietnam) Glass Limited Company, etc. Hanh leads the team to perform tax due diligence projects in M&A deals regarding Big C; for Masan, Century Tokyo, PCG Group.

Joe is the Global Transfer Pricing Services (GTPS) Leader for KPMG in Vietnam with a team of over 70 transfer pricing professionals. Joe brings tremendous knowledge and experience through his 21 years of transfer pricing consulting. Over his professional career, he worked in the US, Japan and China before relocating to his native Vietnam in 2015.
Joe maintains strong working relationship with the Vietnam’s General Department of Taxation (“GDT”) and has frequently been invited as guest speaker in various forums and events held by the government to share insights on transfer pricing matters, including commentary on legislative reforms, providing technical training, and sharing of international practices. Notably, Joe was invited by the delegation from Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance / GDT to meet with the OECD, UN and World Bank representatives in Europe to share insights on administration of transfer pricing for developing countries.