HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Twelve Vietnamese and multinational companiesand 10 HR leaders were honoured for their human capital initiatives at theVietnam HR Awards in HCM City on November 25.

The Labour & Social Affairs newspaper and Talentnet Corporation this yearlaunched the 2020 Vietnam HR Awards – special edition to help the businesscommunity share examples and valuable lessons in responding to risks that theCOVID-19 pandemic posed.

After more than six months and three rigorous selection rounds, 10 highly responsivecompanies and 10 highly responsive HR leaders along with two companies withprogressive responses to adversity were chosen for the awards.

The winning companies included PNJ, L’Oreal, Pepsico Foods, Techcombank, AveryDennison RBIS, Robert Bosch Engineering, Unilever, DXC, Gentherm, and SuntoryPepsico.

At the event, the winners shared their stories, including real-life scenarios,human resource strategic framework, lessons learnt, and accomplishments, withmore than 400 attendees.

While there were companies who showed their team spirit with high levels ofco-ordination in response solutions, others were successful in communicatingsmoothly to create trust and cohesion within the organisation, and there werealso lessons about effectively controlling budgets while still being able todemonstrate creativity in adopting solutions.

The event also included dialogues and panel discussions with guest speakers,many of them top executives at leading companies, about the importance ofensuring co-ordination between departments and speed in responding to businesschallenges, lessons learnt on enhancing sustainable development and howCOVID-19 has injected businesses with antibodies and the role of HR haschanged, among other topics.

Addressing the event, Nguyen Thi Ha, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Labour,Invalids and Social Affairs, said since the beginning of the year the pandemichad had a negative impact on almost all manufacturing and service companies.

Her ministry had advised the Government to come up with comprehensive policiesto enable companies and workers to stabilise production and their livesrespectively to ensure social security.

“Supporting companies and employees is one of the biggest priorities.

“In the business sector, responsive initiatives are crucial to ensure therights and safety of employees while promoting both quality and quantity ofhuman resources, the most valuable assets of companies.”

She hailed the Vietnam HR Awards, saying it “has once again broughtinformation, lessons learnt and advice from leading economists, and become aprestigious programme which helps efficiently connect and support companies andHR executives.”

Tieu Yen Trinh, CEO of Talentnet Corporation and permanent vice chairwoman ofthe organising committee, said: “We call this the season of excellentresponsive initiatives because both the contestants and the organisingcommittee are doing their best to overcome adversity. As a member of the jury,being able to listen to the presentations by businesses, I believe that behindthe brief words in the presentation slides are whole teams working together toovercome adversity.”/.