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The Vietnamese culinary world was in an uproar when the Hanoi People's Procuracy issued an indictment to prosecute Hoang Tung (born 1992) - Director of TUNG Dining Restaurant Company - and Nguyen Do Anh Nguyet (born 1992), a shareholder of the company, for "tax evasion".
According to the investigation results, during its operation from 2019 to 2023, TUNG Dining Restaurant Company was discovered to have used personal accounts to receive payments, not issued invoices and not fully declared revenue. The amount of tax evasion was determined to be more than 2.4 billion VND, including value added tax and corporate income tax.
The tax authority said that the company's actual revenue far exceeded the amount declared in the tax filing. Part of this amount was distributed to shareholders, the other part was used for business activities. After being discovered and inspected, Mr. Hoang Tung and Ms. Anh Nguyet proactively paid back all the violations.
The above information immediately became the center of attention, because Hoang Tung is not only the owner of a famous fine dining restaurant in Hanoi, but also a young chef who was honored by Forbes Vietnam in the Top 30 Under 30, representing the generation of Vietnamese chefs with international vision.
Founded in 2018, TUNG Dining (abbreviation of Twist, Unique, Natural, Gastronomy) is considered a pioneering symbol of Vietnamese fine dining, where gourmets come to experience a tasting menu with 20 dishes that change seasonally, each dish is a story told with Vietnamese ingredients and modern processing techniques.
The restaurant space is designed to be minimalist yet luxurious, serving only about 20 guests per evening, creating a sense of privacy and completeness for each diner. Under the hands of Chef Hoang Tung, familiar ingredients such as Northwest wild vegetables, Sa Pa sturgeon or Binh Thuan lobster become a profound culinary experience, both intimate and classy.
At the Michelin Guide Vietnam 2025 announcement ceremony held in Da Nang, the restaurant was once again honored in the Michelin Selected list, marking three consecutive years being named by the world's prestigious culinary guide. Previously, in 2021, The World's 50 Best Restaurants ranked TUNG Dining in the Top 100 best restaurants in Asia, affirming the position of a Vietnamese brand on the global fine dining map.
From a young chef with a passion for creativity to the man behind a Michelin-recognized restaurant, Hoang Tung was once considered a symbol of a new generation of culinary artists who dared to experiment and break the mold. Now, amidst personal upheavals and legal storms, the story of TUNG Dining remains a multi-layered slice of success, responsibility and the journey to affirm Vietnamese identity in contemporary cuisine.
