On April 15, 2025, the Institute's leadership, along with Central Labo leaders and staff, had a reception and working session with expert Mai Quoc Long of the Office of Quality Accreditation (BoA) - Ministry of Science and Technology to re-evaluate the ISO 17025:2017 system at the Central Labo.
Participating in welcoming and working with the expert delegation were Associate Professor, Dr. Le Thi Thanh Xuan - Deputy Director, Associate Professor, PhD. Nguyen Dang Vung - former Deputy Director, Head of Central Laboratory, PhD. Le Thi Kim Chung - Deputy Head, in charge of the Central Laboratory along with all officers and employees of the Central Laboratory and representatives of the Department of Organization - Administration - Management.
Opening the monitoring assessment on the morning of April 15, 2025, Associate Professor, PhD. Le Thi Thanh Xuan expressed her thanks to BoA experts and arranged a time for evaluation and supervision to suit the work situation at the unit. Mr. Mai Quoc Long highly appreciated the unit's efforts in maintaining the ISO 17025:2017 quality management system. After approving the work program, he also expressed his thanks to the Institute's leaders and the Central Labo for welcoming and facilitating the Central Labo's assessment and supervision activities.
After the opening reception, experts spent the rest of the working day evaluating the suitability of the quality management system at the central Labo. The assessment expert's conclusion shows that the Central Laboratory has well maintained the quality management system according to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standards, however, the laboratory has 03 minor non-conformities that need to be overcome to complete the quality management system.
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At the closing meeting on the same day, Associate Professor, Dr. Le Thi Thanh Xuan highly appreciated the experts' work efficiency and pledged that the Institute's leaders would create all conditions for the Central Labo to take corrective measures and perfect the management system. In the end, the assessment experts agreed to request the Office of Accreditation (BoA) to continue to maintain the validity of accreditation of the Central Labo's quality management system in accordance with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard after the unit completed overcoming nonconformities.
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