She also serves as the official representative of Vietnam's Ministry of Finance - MOF (previously the Ministry of Planning and Investment - MPI) in Singapore and involves in the facilitation of the annual Vietnam-Singapore Connectivity Ministerial Meeting (CMM), co-chaired by the Vietnamese Minister of Finance and the Singaporean Minister of Trade and Industry. The CMM provides a platform for inter-ministerial working groups from both countries to discuss and address matters related to promoting economic ties in specific areas and identifying and resolving challenges faced by businesses operating in each other's markets.
Before being posted to Singapore, Phuong had over 13 years (including 9 years as Deputy Director of the Investment Promotion Division) working in the Foreign Investment Agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam, which performs, among others, the function of a National Investment Promotion Agency for Vietnam. She was then in charge of promoting FDI inflows from Japan, Korea, Europe and ASEAN to Vietnam. She was member of the researcher teams for a number of researches including those on “Regional Inter-dependence and Vietnam – Korea Economic Relationship” (2016), “Inter-regional linkage for FDI promotion in Central Vietnam” (2009) and the “Proposed Structure and Operation Mechanism for FDI Management Agencies as Vietnam joins the WTO” (2008) and a member of the Drafting Team of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Circular on “FDI monitoring and investigation” (2016).
Phuong has a Master of Public Policy from the University of Sydney in Australia and a Bachelor Degree with Distinction in Foreign Trade Economics from Hanoi Foreign Trade University. She's currently pursuing a part-time Nanyang Fellow MBA at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University.
她还担任越南财政部（前身为计划投资部）驻新加坡官方代表，参与协调由越南财政部长与新加坡贸易工业部长共同主持的年度越南-新加坡连通性部长级会议。该会议为两国部际工作组提供平台，共同商讨促进特定领域经济联系的相关事宜，并识别解决企业在对方市场运营中面临的挑战。
在派驻新加坡之前，Phuong曾在越南计划投资部下属外国投资局工作超过13年（其中9年担任投资促进处副处长），该局承担越南国家投资促进机构职能。期间她负责推动日本、韩国、欧洲及东盟对越南的直接投资，曾参与多项研究项目，包括《区域相互依存与越南-韩国经济关系》（2016年）、《促进越南中部外国直接投资的区域联动机制》（2009年）、《越南加入WTO后外国直接投资管理机构的组织架构与运行机制建议》（2008年），并参与起草越南计划投资部2016年发布的《外商投资监测与调查工作通告》。
Phuong持有澳大利亚悉尼大学公共政策硕士学位，以及河内外贸大学对外贸易经济学荣誉学士学位。目前正在南洋理工大学南洋商学院攻读非全日制南洋高级管理人员工商管理硕士课程。