A one-day conference discussing the promotion and implementation of ISO 9000 in construction industry was jointly organized by Department of Science and Technology (Ministry of Construction - MoC) and Vietnam Productivity Centre (Directorate for Standards and Quality) in Hanoi on May 5, 1998.
Prominent among those present at the Conference were Minister of Construction Nguyen Manh Kiem and ISO President Liew Mun Leong who had important speeches there and foreign speekers coming from Malaysia, Singapore and the UK.
"In selecting the 'core' companies for ISO 9000 implementation, the MoC will set criteria basing on the examination of the levels of their voluntary, plan of action and measures to be taken. MoC will give guidances and support to the selected companies and sum up practical experiences in order to help the following companies. Our aim is that to the year 2005, almost of key construction companies would have ISO 9000 certificates: - said the Minister Nguyen Manh Kiem.
"... Vietnam is in the rapid stage of national development, the strategy of improving the standards of the construction industry is of paramount importance. ISO 9000 is one of the main strategy you may like to adopt but it calls for support from everyone involved including Government departments, planners, architects, engineers and contractors." said Mr. Liew Mun Leong, ISO President.
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