Implementing the guidance of Directorate for Standards and Quality (STAMEQ), with leadership and support from the Office of Small and Medium Enterprise Development Project of the Republic of Germany, a training course on skills of building and administering TCVN- Net and Data- Associated Child Websites of Provincial Departments for Standards, Metrology and Quality was held by the Information Center for Standards, Metrology and Quality from 26 to 28 March 2003 in Da Nang city. Heads and officials from 16 Provincial Departments such as Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh, Hoa Binh, Thua Thien- Hue, Ha Nam, Vinh Long, Lai Chau, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Quang Ngai, Da Nang, Quang Binh, Binh Phuoc, Ca Mau, Hai Phong and Thai Binh attended the course.
The Information Technology Section under the Information Center has successfully studied and built software to help Provincial Departments build, update and administer their website by themselves in order to link with TCVN- Net of STAMEQ, forming a system of websites associating with the Internet, exchanging, exploiting information and propagating Standards, Metrology and Quality activities to the locals.
The training course ended in success and had met demands of the Provincial Departments.
Legislation
Dissemination of Decision No. 01/2003/QD-BKHCN on motorbike quality management
On March 7th 2003, Directorate for Standards and Quality (STAMEQ) held a meeting on disseminating Decision No. 01/2003/QD-BKHCN regulating quality management, industrial property, technology transfer to two-wheeled vehicles, engine and spare parts produced, assembled in the domestic country and imported.
Attending the meeting were Dr. Ho Tat Thang- Deputy Director General of STAMEQ and Representatives from over 55 businesses assembling motorbike, management bodies and Provincial Department for Standards, Metrology and Quality.
The Decision pointed out contents and procedures on the management of motorbike quality, engine and spare parts
such as for motorbikes produced, assembled in the domestic country, businesses must promulgate standards and quality to motorbike; promulgate motorbike products conform to Vietnam standards on motorbike; register and control quality at register office according to regulations of Communications and Transport Ministry.
These requirements are based on regulations issued by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (now as Ministry of Science and Technology) such as Decision No. 2424/2002/QD-BKHCNMT and Decision No. 2425/2002/QD-BKHCNMT.
Besides that, the Decision regulated motorbike, engine and spare parts produced, assembled in the domestic country and imported to conform to legal regulations on industrial property. Businesses producing and assembling motorbike engine must have a technology transfer agreement from partners who studied to produce motorbike engine that are up to Vietnam Standards or foreign standards recognized by Vietnam Standards.
