Deputy PM urges businesses to raise standards

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has called upon the Vietnamese business community to modernize technology and improve productivity and the quality of products to conquer both domestic and foreign markets.

At the recent national quality awards and Global Performance Excellence Award (GPEA) ceremony held in Hanoi on March 16, Dam said that despite global and domestic economic woes, domestic businesses have still managed to excell and win national and international awards.

He asked the Ministry of Science and Technology to work closely with ministries, sectors and the businesses community to devise practical solutions to increase the productivity and the quality of products.

Proper measures are need to encourage businesses to update technology and pay closer attention to quality control and raising the standards of products and services, he added.

This year’s national quality awards were presented to 82 businesses, including 20 with gold and 62 with silver awards.

Two businesses awarded with GPEA are the Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) and Traphaco.

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