(VOVworld) -  As many as 82 Vietnamese companies were presented with the 2013 National Quality Awards at a ceremony held in Hanoi on Sunday. Among the honored enterprises, 20 were awarded gold, while the remainder received silver. Meanwhile, Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) and Traphaco Joint Stock Company were presented with the Global Performance Excellence Award (GPEA) by the Asia-Pacific Quality Organization (APQO). Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam presented 20 most outstanding businesses with the gold awards and Prime Minister’s Certificates of Merit. The National Quality Awards aim to honor outstanding enterprises and organizations for their significant achievements in product quality, business operations and services.