Test laboratory joins Asia Network Forum

The State-run Quality Assurance and Testing Centre No 3, or Quatest 3, has become a member of the Asia Network Forum (ANF), an Asian forum for quality assessment bodies.
The State-run Quality Assurance and Testing Centre No 3, or Quatest 3,has become a member of the Asia Network Forum (ANF), an Asian forum forquality assessment bodies.

In a statement released at a ceremonyheld to receive the Labour Order, First Grade,last week, the qualitycertification agency said its membership was approved at an ANF generalcouncil meeting in Tokyo in November.

It was the result of thecentre’s active participation in the ANF's technical activities relatedto its evaluation and certification services for electronic, electrical,and telecom products, Quatest 3 said.

ANF currently has fiveother members – Japan Quality Assurance, Korea Testing Laboratory, ChinaQuality Certification Centre, Electronics Testing Centre of Taiwan andTUV SUD PSB Singapore.

Quatest 3 has established relations withother conformity assessment agencies like UL (the US), Nemko (Norway),NDV (Japan) and Kriss (the Republic of Korea).

Its activities aimto facilitate firms' operations by improving the quality of theirproducts and productivity through testing, inspection, certification,andcalibration services.

It also serves as a conformity assessment agency in testing, inspection and certification for products imported into Vietnam.

"Wewill try our best to develop solutions expected to be recognisedworld-wide and to better support enterprises and Government agencies tomake their products better known in local and international markets,"said Tran Van Dung, director of Quatest 3./.

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