From May 20^th  2015 to May 21^st 2015, the Department of Science and Technology of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province held a workshop on The National Quality Awards 2015 at the Sub-Department of Standard, Metrology and Quality with the coordination of the Vietnam Quality and Standard Institute (Directorate of Standard, Metrology and Quality).

From May 20^th  2015 to May 21^st 2015, the Department of Science and Technology of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province held a workshop on The National Quality Awards 2015 at the Sub-Department of Standard, Metrology and Quality with the coordination of the Vietnam Quality and Standard Institute (Directorate of Standard, Metrology and Quality). The target of workshop is to train for the companies that have demand for applying to attend the National Quality Awards 2015 at Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. Mr. Phung Manh Truong, director of the Office of National Awards - Vietnam Quality and Standard Institute was the reporter at the workshop.

The National Quality Awards is an important event of national productivity and quality movements. Its objective is to recognize organizations and companies that have archived outstanding performance in raising good and service quality, contributing to improve their quality culture as well as that of Ba Ria Vung Tau province. Shortlisted organizations and companies that have National Quality Awards receive trophies and award letters from the Prime Minister. There are two types of the National Quality Awards: gold and silver ones. Companies received the gold awards are recommended to apply for the Asia Pacific Quality Awards.

According to the Sub-Department of Standard, Metrology and Quality, there were 11 awards that were presented to companies of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province from 2012 to 2014, including one Asia Pacific Quality Award and 3 golden  and 7 silver National Quality Awards. Two companies awarded in 2014 were the National Oil Services Company of Vietnam Limited (OSC Vietnam) with the golden awards and the Thong Nhat Rubber Joint Stock Company with the silver award.

During the workshop, Mr. Phung Manh Truong introduced three main areas related to the National Quality Awards for representatives of over 20 companies. Those three areas are: introduction and guideline procedures attending National Quality Awards 2015; terms of financial supports regulations for companies achieved the awards; drafting guide for the general introduction report and the self-assessment report according to criteria of the national Quality Awards

According to Mr. Truong, National Quality Awards  has 7 criteria divided into 18 sub-criteria with total of more than 200 questions evaluated with a maximum of 1000 points. The seven criteria are listed including: role of leadership, operation strategy, customer and market oriented policy, measurement; anylist and knowledge management; human resource development management; operation management; business results. In addition, the general introduction report has two main parts: the first part describes organization business (business environment and relations); the second part describes business challenges (competition, strategy context, operation improving system).

Through the workshop, companies gained insights into the seven criteria as well as fundamentals of report writing about introduction their organizations when attend the National Quality Awards 2015.