On 09, November 2018, The Government issued Decree No.154/2018/ND-CP amending, supplementing, abolishing a number of regulations on the investment and business conditions under state management of The Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) and a number of regulations on specialized inspection. This Decree takes effect from the issued date.
Accordingly, Decree No. 154/2018/ND-CP regulates the conditions of establishing organizations providing verification, testing, and calibration service, as follow:
Have adequate standards of measurement, instrumental and environmental conditions to be verified, tested and calibrated according to the requirements of the correlative processes. The verification, calibration and testing processes must be in accordance with the guidance of the MST or the international recommendations of the International Organization for Standardization and Measurement, the requirements of the International Electrotechnical Commission Data of the manufacturer concerned. These measurement standards and instrumental must be periodically verified, calibrated, tested and preserved under the regulations of the organization’s head; verification, calibration, the testing certificate must be valid.
Have at least 01 technical staff suitable for each field of operation. These staff must meet the following requirements:
• Graduated from high school or equivalent;
• Complete the training in verification, calibration and testing activities corresponding to the fields under the guidance of the MST.
• The management system has been set up and maintained in accordance with the national standard TCVN ISO / IEC 17025 for verification, calibration, and testing measuring instruments.
• Having a document of the organization’s head stipulating the management of certificates (stamps, stamps, certificates) for verification, calibration, and testing.
It can be seen that the modification of some regulations on the conditions of establishing organizations providing verification, calibration and testing services in Decree No. 154/2018 / ND-CP has been reduced conditions that are not suited for practice, contributing to the removal of difficulties and formality barriers for organizations and individuals operating in this field.