Among them, the Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPPG) of billionaire Johnathan Hanh Nguyen was honored as a typical tax-paying enterprise, with the top category in duty-free retail business.

IPPG is one of the largest retail, F&B, aviation services, duty-free and branded fashion businesses in Vietnam with more than 25,000 employees, 25 member companies and joint ventures operating in many fields.

Currently, IPPG is the leading group in bringing high-end international fashion brands to the Vietnamese market. In major cities and airports such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, IPPG's shopping centers and complex shopping areas have contributed to changing the local appearance, raising the branded fashion retail market to the same level as developed countries in the region. Thereby contributing to promoting tourism as well as contributing greatly to the state budget.

According to IPPG representative, in the past years 2020, 2021 and 2022, the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic situation occurred nationwide and was especially serious in Ho Chi Minh City, causing many businesses to face difficulties and even have to stop operations. With the characteristics of the retail, aviation and tourism business sectors, IPPG is also one of the businesses most heavily affected.

However, with flexible management and strategy in an extremely difficult context, IPPG has proactively researched and proposed many creative solutions, innovating business activities to maintain operations to ensure the lives of tens of thousands of workers. At the same time, it has made every effort to fulfill its social responsibility through charitable contributions as well as excellently fulfilling its tax obligations, contributing an important part to the tax authority's budget revenue.

In addition, thanks to timely policies of the Ministry of Finance and the General Department of Taxation such as exemption, reduction, and extension of taxes, fees, land rents, and other state budget revenues to support businesses and people; investment in digital transformation in a simple, modern, economical, and friendly direction... has helped businesses save resources to maintain, stabilize, and develop production and business.

"Over the past time, with perseverance, flexibility and creativity in business, the import-export tax and other taxes of IPPG have continuously increased. This special award from the Ministry of Finance and the General Department of Taxation is an honor and a great source of encouragement not only for IPPG Group but also for the entire business community nationwide, about the commitment of the Ministry of Finance and the General Department of Taxation in joining hands, removing difficulties, accompanying businesses to overcome challenges, promoting business to create a breakthrough development for the country's economy" - Ms. Le Hong Thuy Tien, General Director of IPPG Group emphasized.