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DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION OF THE BUSINESS SEMINAR ON THE DOUBLE TAXATION BETWEEN VIETNAM & HONG KONG
Please double click for the presentations:
- Mrs. Alice LAU, Commissioner of Inland Revenue, HKSAR Government [English]
- Ms. Tina Phan, Director, Indochina, Hong Kong Trade Development Council [Vietnamese]
Further information:
In December 2008, Vietnam and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) signed a comprehensive agreement on the avoidance of double taxation. To help the business communities in Vietnam better understand the agreement and its potential benefits to them, the Inland Revenue Department of the HKSAR Government and the General Department of Taxation (GDT) of Vietnam will give a joint briefing at the seminar on the implementation details of the agreement in both Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Please click here for the Agreement.
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