Fifteen enterprises won the National Quality Gold Awards for 2017 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi(VNA) - A ceremony was held in Hanoi on April 22 to honour 77 enterprises whichwon the 2017 National Quality Awards and International Asia Pacific QualityAward (IAPQA).
The NationalQuality Awards is the only one of its kind approved by the Prime Minister andincluded in the IAPQA system by the Asia-Pacific Quality Organisation. It is anannual award to honour businesses with outstanding operations in boosting thequality and competitiveness of products and services amid regional and globalintegration.
Up to 73enterprises won the 2017 National Quality Awards. Among them, 15 received theNational Quality Gold Awards, including Binh Minh Plastic JSC, Binh Dinh Pharmaceuticaland Medical Equipment JSC, and Fico Tay Ninh Cement JSC, while 58 took the silverawards.
Four IAPQAwinners of the year were Ton Dong A Corporation, Khanh Hoa Salangane NestsCompany, Viet Duc Steel Company, and Long Hau Corporation.
Minister ofScience and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh said in a bid to optimize the nationalaward’s impacts, firms should be encouraged to consider it a performanceassessment tool for comprehensive improvement and increased competitiveness.
He saidtechnological innovation and modern management systems are also key to boostingbusiness productivity and competitiveness, adding that the VietnameseGovernment will build policies and programmes on quality-productivity,technology transfer, and intelligent assets development.
By 2017, 1,842enterprises won the National Quality Awards and 44 others obtained theIAPQA.-VNA
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