On 17 August, 2008 in Hanoi, the National Appraisal Board of the 2008 Golden Star of Vietnam Award had selected the list of 279 Vietnam typical trademarks in the integrated in their path to development and international integration. The Saigon Post and Telecommunications Services Corporation (SPT) was granted the Vietnam Gold Star 2008, particularly to be in the list of TOP 100 Vietnam Brands. This is the first time SPT received such a honor.
The Vietnam Golden Star is the annual award seeks to encourage Vietnam brands and business community to pay due attention to developing their trademarks and sharpening their competitiveness alongside economic globalization. The Prime Minister has assigned the Central Committee of Young Entrepreneurs’ Association to be the organizer of the Award from the year 2003. In 2008, the Vietnam Golden Star had a big change in the selecting process. There were 2 levels: the Vietnam Gold Star for national top brands and Regional Golden Star for regional top brands. Only the regional top brands had qualified to join the national final round. According to the organizer, the 2-level-seletion-system supported the enterprises’ evaluation and upgrade the award quality.
For granting the Vietnam Golden Star 2008, SPT had overcome strict conditions of regional contest of “Southern Golden Star” - the regional award with many selecting criteria in business performance such as, competitiveness and the position of products and brands of Vietnam; technology sophistication, environment impact and quality management; brand development and marketing; management and operation; achievements of an organization in production and social activities.
It is the honor of SPT to receive the “Southern Golden Star” award which reserved for the outstanding products, services, and brands in the south of Vietnam. The award ceremony had organized at Ben Thanh theatre on 22 August, 2008 and broadcasted on HTV9- Hochiminh City. After the “Southern Golden Star” award, SPT’s documents continuously sent to the Central Committee of Young Entrepreneurs’ Association with hundreds of typical companies in Vietnam for the final round. Through many evaluation steps, SPT had granted the Vietnam Golden Star 2008, particularly to be in the list of TOP 100 Vietnam Brands. The imposing award ceremony hold in My Dinh Conference Center – Hanoi on Independent Day 2 September, 2008 and broadcasted on VTV3 of Vietnam Television.
With the motto “SPT is the post and telecommunications service provider with high quality, professionalism and friendliness”, the event of SPT in the first time to receive the “2008 Golden Star of the South Vietnam” and “2008 Golden Star of Vietnam” are those evidences of SPT’s development achievement and the competitive position in domestic and regional market. |
