The Third China-ASEAN Standardization Cooperation Forum

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The Third China-ASEAN Standardization Cooperation Forum, jointly hosted by the State Administration for Market Regulation of the People’s Republic of China (SAMR)/Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China (SAC) and the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, held on October 12, 2023 in Liuzhou city of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

China-ASEAN Standardization Cooperation Forum is a biannual international forum started from 2019 with the substantial support of international standardization organizations and ASEAN countries, becoming an important platform for standardization cooperation and exchange between China and ASEAN countries. As one of the high-level events under the framework of China-ASEAN EXPO, the Forum aims to deepen standardization exchanges, jointly build a closer China-ASEAN community of shared future through standardization, and contribute to shared benefits and win-win development of China and ASEAN.

The Viet Nam delegation attending this Forum includes Mr. Do Nam Trung, Consul-General, Consulate General of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam in Nam Ninh; PhD. Ha Minh Hiep, Acting Director General of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality, Mr. Nguyen Cong Binh, Director of the Center for Registration of Safe Technics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mr. Tran Quoc Dung, Director of Viet Nam Certification Center.

At the Forum, Dr. Ha Minh Hiep gave a presentation on Experience of Viet Nam on developing National Standardization Strategy.

The Forum focuses on new energy vehicles, equipment manufacturing, special equipment and ecological forestry, aiming to deepen standardization cooperation and exchanges to contribute to the mutually beneficial and win-win development of China and ASEAN countries.

On the sidelines of the Forum, Dr. Ha Minh Hiep, Acting Director General of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (STAMEQ) had a bilateral meeting with the State Administration for Market Regulation of the People’s Republic of China (SAMR) to discuss expanding cooperation in the fields of standardization, metrology and quality management.

Previously, in December 2019, STAMEQ and Standardization Administration of China (SAC) under SAMR signed a MoU on cooperation in the field of standardization, since then the two Parties have periodically exchanged lists of national standards and specialized magazines.

During the working session, Dr. Tian Shihong, Vice Minister, SAMR, chaired and worked with STAMEQ. The two sides discussed the following issues: support the implementation of the national standardization strategy in Viet Nam; enhancing the cooperation within the framework of multilateral organizations; sharing of SAMR to enhance the operation of STAMEQ in the future; explore cooperation on international standards in the field of cultural heritage protection; discuss standardization cooperation in new energy vehicle and cooperation in the activities of Asia-Pacific Regional Young Professional Campaign.

The two sides agreed to continuously exchange and discuss on cooperation in the coming time.