The National Quality Awards is the only one of its kind approved by the Prime Minister and included in the IAPQA system by the Asia-Pacific Quality Organisation. It is an annual award to honour businesses with outstanding operations in boosting the quality and competitiveness of products and services amid regional and global integration. Up to 73 enterprises won the 2017 National Quality Awards. Among them, 15 received the National Quality Gold Awards, including Binh Minh Plastic JSC, Binh Dinh Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment JSC, and Fico Tay Ninh Cement JSC, while 58 took the silver awards. Four IAPQA winners of the year were Ton Dong A Corporation, Khanh Hoa Salangane Nests Company, Viet Duc Steel Company, and Long Hau Corporation. Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh said in a bid to optimize the national award’s impacts, firms should be encouraged to consider it a performance assessment tool for comprehensive improvement and increased … [Read more...] about National, Asia-Pacific quality awards bestowed on 77 firms
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National, Asia-Pacific quality awards to run in April
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung speaks at a meeting of the National Quality Awards' organisation board (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony to honour the 2017 winners of the annual National Quality Awards and International Asia Pacific Quality Award (IAPQA) will take place on April 22. The information was released at a press conference introducing the awards on April 17. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the Vietnam Television’s channel 2 between 9 and 11 pm. Seventy-three enterprises have won the 2017 National Quality Awards. Among them, 15 received National Quality Gold Awards, while 58 took Silver. At the press conference, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Van Tung said the National Quality Awards is the only one of its kind approved by the Prime Minister and included in the IAPQA system by the Asia-Pacific Quality Organisation. It is an annual award to honour businesses with outstanding operation in boosting the … [Read more...] about National, Asia-Pacific quality awards to run in April
Strengthening resilience key to sustainable development in Asia-Pacific
Viet Nam News Shamshad Akhtar, Bambang Susantono, Haoliang Xu* Discussions at the Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development last week renewed focus on how best to build resilience among countries in the face of emerging risks, informed by insights from a new report from the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). The Asia-Pacific region has witnessed extraordinary development progress in recent decades. It has seen improvements in access to health care, education, water, and energy and a significant overall reduction in the number of people living in extreme poverty. Complex change puts development progress at risk. Against this backdrop, hard-won gains risk being reversed in a region that is already vulnerable to myriad shocks and stresses. Inequality and climate change are major threats to continued development progress in a region that is also being … [Read more...] about Strengthening resilience key to sustainable development in Asia-Pacific
ADB supports Asia-Pacific nations in anti-money laundering
Illustrative image (Source: internet) Hanoi (VNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is promoting its efforts to help countries in the Asia-Pacific region combat money laundering and terrorism financing. According a report released by ADB's Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) on March 26, ADB provided a financial assistance worth 2 million USD for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) in 2017. Through closer coordination between relevant parties, such as banks and financial institutions, and governments, the bank has also taken steps to improve the countries' overall compliance to anti-money laundering policies. Head of OAI John Versantvoort said ADB remains a steadfast partner of countries in the Asia and Pacific region in fighting corruption and money laundering, and improving governance. The report also highlighted efforts made by ADB in the year through OAI, especially in increasing knowledge sharing activities. In 2017, … [Read more...] about ADB supports Asia-Pacific nations in anti-money laundering
FAO helps Asia-Pacific’s agriculture adapt to climate change
A photo of the conference held on March 15 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations is cooperating with its member states in the Asia-Pacific region as well as relevant social organisations to improve the agriculture sector’s adaptation to climate change and reduce its reception of impacts of the weather phenomenon. The move is part of the activities to carry out the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework), heard a regional conference held in Hanoi on March 15. The framework outlines four priorities for actions to be taken to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks, including understanding disaster risks, strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risks, investing in disaster reduction for resilience and enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response. The management of disaster risks should be included in all development sectors as it is crucial to … [Read more...] about FAO helps Asia-Pacific’s agriculture adapt to climate change