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16 Individuals from Vinachem Units Awarded Creative Labour Certificates for 2025
On 12 October 2026, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour issued Decision No. 512/QĐ-TLĐ awarding Creative Labour Certificates to 31 individuals under the Vietnam Industry and Trade Union for outstanding achievements in the patriotic emulation movement of 2025. Among them, 16 are currently working at units under the Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem).
According to the accompanying list, Vinachem recipients include 9 individuals from The Southern Rubber Industry Joint Stock Company (CASUMINA), 3 from Dry Cell & Storage Battery Joint Stock Company (PINACO), 2 from Van Dien Fused Phosphate Fertiliser Joint Stock Company, and 2 from the Vietnam Institute of Industrial Chemistry.
These individuals were recognised for practical initiatives and solutions in production, business, and management. At CASUMINA, innovations focused on tyre production technology improvement, reducing defective products, adjusting raw material composition to lower costs, and enhancing quality. At PINACO, solutions aimed at improving battery production techniques, weld quality, and digitalising management and supplier communication.
For Van Dien Fused Phosphate Fertiliser, the initiatives related to equipment and production technology improvements, contributing to higher productivity and operational efficiency. Meanwhile, the Vietnam Institute of Industrial Chemistry focused on technology research, application, and energy utilisation during production, aiming for resource savings and improved energy efficiency.
The recognition of 16 Vinachem individuals with the Creative Labour Certificate is testament to their spirit of innovation, proactive research, and notable contributions. These initiatives arose from practical production, scientific research, and management requirements, reflecting the pursuit of solutions, process improvement, and enhanced work efficiency.
This outcome encourages the creative labour emulation movement across the Group, motivating staff to develop initiatives, improve techniques, and apply scientific and technological advances in practice. In turn, this helps increase productivity, enhance product quality, save costs, boost competitiveness, and promote Vinachem’s sustainable development.
List of individuals awarded the Creative Labour Certificate for 2025:
No. | Author/Team | Initiative |
1 | Nguyễn Đình Khoát, General Director, CASUMINA – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Application of digital transformation supporting tax refund operations on ERP |
2 | Vũ Quốc Anh, Deputy General Director, CASUMINA – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | |
3 | Nguyễn Khắc Chương, Head of Finance and Accounting, CASUMINA – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | |
4 | Vũ Ngọc Khoa, Deputy Head of IT, CASUMINA – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Application of IoT-Mobile in managing domestic PCR tyre warehouses |
5 | Lý Minh Ân, Head of TBR, PCR Vulcanisation Workshop, CASUMINA – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Reducing live tyre defects (under-cure) in the first tyre vulcanisation cycle |
6 | Võ Ngọc Đài Trang, Deputy Head of Engineering, Radial Tyre Factory, CASUMINA – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Adjusting composition to reduce cost of innerliner rubber for TBR T86 tyres |
7 | Nguyễn Đức Quý, Production Shift Supervisor, Bình Lợi Rubber Plant, CASUMINA – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Reducing the size of air membranes from Đức Minh supplier to fix membrane folding defect causing tyre scrap |
8 | Nguyễn Quốc Hòa, PCR Forming Technician, Engineering Dept., Radial Tyre Factory, CASUMINA – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Improving the appearance of M-108 product line, spec ST225/75R15 (code 116) |
9 | Nguyễn Văn Tùng, Mould Design Engineer, Radial Tyre Factory, CASUMINA – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Improvement addressing sidewall contamination on M/T02 product lines |
10 | Lê Minh Trường, Technology Engineer, Đồng Nai Battery Factory, PINACO – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Reducing negative punch sidewall thickness (punching technology) from 0.7mm to 0.6mm |
11 | Đinh Hồ Minh Đức, Technology Engineer, Đồng Nai 2 Battery Factory, PINACO – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Improving quality of VRLA terminal welds |
12 | Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nguyệt, IT Applications Manager, PINACO – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Digitalising information exchange between PINACO, suppliers, and plants (Supplier Portal) |
13 | Văn Hồng Sơn, General Director, Van Dien Fused Phosphate Fertiliser – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Research on insulation furnace technology to ensure productivity and efficiency in blast furnace production |
14 | Nghiêm Đức Toản, Deputy General Director, Van Dien Fused Phosphate Fertiliser – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Research and design of blast furnaces with altered H/D ratios to raise productivity by 5–10% |
15 | Vũ Thị Thu Hà, Deputy Director, Vietnam Institute of Industrial Chemistry – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Patent: “Additive for solid fuel combustion and its production process” |
16 | Nguyễn Thị Hà, Director, Centre for Science and Technology Experimentation, Vietnam Institute of Industrial Chemistry – Vietnam Chemical Industry Trade Union | Utilising surplus saturated steam from formalin production (10,000 tonnes/year line) as a heat source for UF/UMF resin production (10,000 tonnes/year) to replace coal-fired boilers, creating a closed-loop energy system. |
