Chapter IV
NOMINATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL QUALITY AWARDS
Article 12. Participation in APQO
The Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality is the representative of Vietnam that participates in APQO as an official member and pays annual membership dues in accordance with this Organization's regulations; implements international cooperation on quality awards in accordance with the law; and nominate applicants to attend GPEA annually held by APQO.
Article 13. Criteria for GPEA applicants
A GPEA applicant must meet the following criteria:
1. The applicant has been accorded a National Gold Quality Award in the last two years of the registration year. During these two years, the applicant has never won a GPEA;
2. The applicant is selected by the Directorate for Standards, Metrology, and Quality and nominated to the GPEA Governing Council of APQO;
3. The applicant has fully complied with the responsibilities and obligations set forth by APQO and the competent regulatory agencies.
Article 14. Tasks of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology, and Quality in nominating applicants to GPEA of APQO
1. Consider and nominate applicants that satisfy the criteria specified in Article 13.
2. Guide the applicant to prepare a GPEA application as per the regulations.
3. Notify the applicants of the awarding result and assign a Vietnamese delegation to receive the GPEA.
4. Announce the GPEA result on the mass media, on the website of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Directorate for Standards, Metrology, and Quality and hold an Honoring Ceremony in Vietnam for the GPEA winners.
5. Provide guidelines for eligibility requirements; aware criteria; types of applicants; forms of awards; applications; procedure for assessment and nomination; logo of NQA for winners prescribed in the Annex hereto; rights and obligations of applicants and winners as per the regulations of the NAQ and APQO.