Launched in July 2024, the ward received 293 nominations from 53 provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide. A council was set up to select the top 10, top 100 and top 200 outstanding enterprises to honour with the Vietnam Gold Star Award 2024.
The organisers stated that the award-winning enterprises this year were selected based on both business efficiency and social responsibility, along with assessments by experts.
Among them, the top 10 awarded enterprises are FPT Corporation (FPT), Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Company (PNJ), Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC), Tan A - Dai Thanh Group (Tan A Dai Thanh), Stavian Chemical Joint Stock Company (Stavian Chemical), Kido Group Joint Stock Company (Kido Group), Khang Dien House Joint Stock Company, Da Nang Rubber Joint Stock Company (DRC), and Traphaco Joint Stock Company (Traphaco).
Attending the ceremony, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh said that Vietnamese entrepreneurs have shown their proactiveness and creativity, constantly thriving to adapt to market changes, seize opportunities, overcome challenges, and affirm their position in the domestic and international markets.
To continue to make breakthroughs in the era of national rise, businesses and entrepreneurs were urged to continue to grasp the world situation, thereby proactively adapting, promoting new trends and new technologies and bringing sustainable values.
The Deputy PM said that entrepreneurs need to constantly innovate, create, and find new solutions to pending problems; invest in research and development, create favourable conditions to encourage creativity; boost technology application and digital transformation, as well as investing in smart governance.
The award was first launched in 2003. For the last 14 editions, it has honoured 2,527 outstanding Vietnamese brands and products.