Three quality assurance and testing centres under the Vietnamese Directorate for Standards and Quality (STAMEQ) received laboratory testing equipment from the European Technical Assistance programme for Vietnam (ETV2) on Dec. 4.
The equipment, worth 544,000 EUR (696,000 USD), will help upgrade these laboratories.
It will be used to conduct tests on agricultural and fishery products for export in accordance with international standards and World Trade Organisation requirements.
“The laboratory equipment will supplement and enhance the testing capabilities of the Vietnam Metrollogy Centre and STAMEQ’s quality testing centres in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City,” said the deputy director general of STAMEQ, Tran Van Vinh.
“It will help us to timely and efficiently meet the growing demands of standard adjustment and testing from business enterprises and science research centres nationwide,” he said.
To improve Vietnam ’s standardisation, metrology, and testing capacity, the European Commission has supported the Ministry of Science and Technology to successfully implement the ETV2 Project and units belonging to STAMEQ, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Agro-Aqua-Sylvie Products Quality Management and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Vinh said ETV2 Project focuses on reviewing and drafting legislation; rationalising organisational mechanisms; improving staff and testing capacity; and procuring equipment to achieve compliance with international requirements and regulations.
Source: VNA
Friday, December 5, 2008
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