Vietnam Quality Association of HCM City founded
The Vietnam News Service reported May 8, 2006 that Vietnam Quality Association of HCM City (VQAC) was founded on Friday May 5, with its first 330 corporate and individual members.
The mission of the association is to support members in applying and improving quality management systems.
Professor Dao Van Luong, Director of the HCM city Department of Science and Technology, reports that approximately 3,000 organizations in Vietnam have quality management certifications. The goal is, by 2010, to increase to 5,000 the number of businesses in Vietnam with quality management certifications. HCM city supports businesses and government in implementing quality management.