VILAS
Vietnam Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (VILAS)
Vietnam Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (VILAS) has launched since 1997. VILAS is the first scheme of National Accreditation Bureau (BoA). VILAS organizes and operates conformity with ISO/IEC 17011.
VILAS has been signed mutual recognition arrangement (APAC -MRA and ILAC - MRA) with Asian Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) since 2000.
Lead assessors of VILAS have specialist knowledge suitable with laboratories accreditation fields and have been trained assessment skill according to international standards. Beside of lead assessors VILAS manages hundreds of technical assessors who are selected from variety of organizations such as governmental agencies, professional organizations, universities and reputable laboratories. All these technical assessors are high technical level experts in testing, medical or calibration field that assigned to assess.
More than 1000 laboratories have been accredited.
Accreditation benefit
- To improve technical competence and management of laboratories
- To ensure the accuracy, confidence of test and calibration results
- To facilitate the acceptance of test and calibration results in Vietnam and international
- To support for integrate process (assist to reduce technical barriers in trade - TBT) to pass recognition
- To ensure timely and reduce costs for sociaty no need to retest
- To integrate the laboratory accreditation activities of Vietnam with those of regional and international countries
Who is need
Body that performs one or more of the following activities:
- Testing
- Calibration
- Sampling, associated with subsequent testing or calibration
Accreditation criteria
VILAS use the international standard ISO/IEC 17025 “ General requirement for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories” and supplementary requirements for each field for accreditaiton criteria.
Accreditation fields
- Biological
- Chemical
- Pharmaceutical
- Calibration – Measurement
- Mechanical
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical – Electronic
- Non destruction testing (NDT)
FAQs
Accreditation may be required by government or federal regulatory bodies, industry organizations, local government requirements, or individual customers.
What is the process to be accredited according to ISO/IEC 17025:2017?
Refer to "How to get accredited?" The key technical factors mentioned in the standard include:
- Validity and suitability of the method
- Technical competence of personnel
- Traceability of measurements to national and international standards
- Suitability, calibration, and maintenance of equipment
- Handling of testing/calibration items
- Quality control and assurance processes
- Reporting of results
The BOA (BAC) Accreditation Criteria packages include several documents available for download.
BOA's general documents include informational materials and do not serve as accreditation criteria.
There are General Accreditation Criteria applicable to all facilities and Specific Accreditation Criteria designed for specific fields and industry activities. These documents outline the mandatory accreditation criteria that must be met.
- General accreditation criteria
- Specific accreditation criteria
The General Accreditation Guidelines and Specific Accreditation Guidelines provide non-mandatory recommendations.
- General accreditation guidelines
- Specific accreditation guidelines
The final version of ISO/IEC 17025 was published in 2005, and since then, market conditions and technology have changed. The new version – ISO/IEC 17025:2017, includes changes in technical aspects, terminology, and developments in IT technology. It also takes into account the latest version of ISO 9001.
VILAS
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Benefits of being a BoA accredited organisation
The Bureau of Accreditation (BoA) accredits organizations engaged in activities such as testing and calibration laboratories, inspection bodies, certification bodies, medical laboratories, proficiency testing providers, and reference material producers for their products and services. This provides consumers with the necessary confidence to make safe, healthy, and reliable choices.
Choosing to become an organization accredited by BoA offers several competitive advantages for your business.
Accreditation contributes to the promotion of international trade. Once accredited, the results of conformity assessment activities (certification, testing, inspection) are recognized by other countries, thereby facilitating the import and export of goods.
Accreditation enhances the reliability of products, goods, and services, as they are inspected and assessed by competent organizations.
In order to be accredited, organizations must establish, maintain, and continuously improve their conformity assessment activities in accordance with international standards. Therefore, accreditation helps ensure the competence of conformity assessment bodies.
Accreditation increases the trustworthiness of conformity assessment results, enabling outcomes achieved in one location to be accepted in many others.
Accreditation helps reduce compliance costs for businesses by eliminating the need to repeat testing or assessment activities.