The HCM City Department of Science and Technology on Wednesday honoured six enterprises from the city that won National Quality Awards for having outstanding performance in improving the quality and competitiveness of their products and services amid regional and global integration.

The enterprises are the Thinh Phat Real Estate-Cables Joint Stock Company and Binh Minh Plastics Joint Stock Company which won the gold prize; and Tan Quang Minh Manufacture and Trading Co. Ltd., Saigon Transportation Mechanical Corporation, Dong Viet Non-Ferrous Metal Joint Stock Company, and Center of Analytical Services and Experimentation of HCM City which won the silver prize.

They were among 73 enterprises winning the annual National Quality Awards.

Nguyen Khac Thanh, the department’s deputy head, said the awards encouraged enterprises to take the initiative in carrying out activities on innovation and creativity.

He said the State and relevant agencies were ready to provide guidance to enterprises, and that HCM City has many programmes to assist enterprises interested in innovation.

By 2020, the city aims to have 10,000 enterprises attending its innovation and creativity programme, he said.

Nguyen Van Ha, head of the HCM City Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Quality, said that the winning enterprises are given priority in the city’s preferential policies for development and innovation.

Thought the number of enterprises in HCM City accounts for 50 per cent of the country’s total, only 7.6 per cent won the awards, he added.

The city will strengthen communication and encourage enterprises to increase the number attending and winning the awards.

It is important that they have awareness about improving quality in production and operation.

The ceremony was part of the celebration of Viet Nam Science and Technology Day on May 18. — VNS