Abbott rated among top 10 best places to work in Vietnam

Abbott staff are given the best conditions to reach their full potential (Photo: Courtesy of Abbott Vietnam)

Hanoi (VNA) – Abbott has been placed No.9 in the top 10 best places to work in Vietnam and No.1 best place to work in terms of Healthcare/Bio-Technology/Pharmaceuticals sector, in the ranking for 2016 by Anphabe and global market research company Nielsen.

“It’s great honour for Abbott to be recognized as No.9 Best place to work in Vietnam. This is a strong demonstration of our commitment and efforts in creating an ideal workplace for our talents to develop themselves,” said Douglas Kuo, General Manager of Abbott Vietnam. 
 
He added that the company believes that a healthy workplace inspires people to dedicate themselves in improving the quality of healthcare, offering the better healthcare solutions for Vietnamese people, allowing them to reach for their full potential and live their best life. 
 
As a global healthcare company with the commitment to help Vietnamese people live the best life through the power of health, Abbott believes that no one understands Vietnamese people better than Vietnamese people. And so, investing in local talents has been the core of its business, helping Vietnamese people access easily to state-of-the-art healthcare technologies and solutions of the world through Abbott’s breakthrough products and services. 
 
During the 20-year presence in Vietnam, Abbott has been taking a locally-focused approach to develop local talents to their full potential. Currently, Abbott employs more than 3,400 people across Vietnam. The company offers a comprehensive offerings of health care, wellness and work/life benefits, as well as flexible work options such as job sharing, compressed work-weeks, telecommuting and flextime to help employees find success at work and home.  
 
In addition to its recognition among best places to work in Vietnam, Abbott is also trusted and highly appreciated by its employees as the employer of choice in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherland, Spain as well as China and Saudi Arabia.   
 
This year also marks Abbott’s crucial milestones in building a healthy and best working place for its talents globally. For 32 years in a row, Abbott has been honored in the list of World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune, leading the Medical products & equipment industry as well as topping the category in almost all attributes regarding people management, social responsibility, long-term investment value, quality of products/services and global competitiveness.    
 
More importantly, diversity is highly appreciated at Abbott. The company’s efforts to empower women leadership at work have been recognized by NAFE (The National Association of Female Executives), naming Abbott among “Top 60 companies for executive women” of 2017.   
 
These recognitions have reaffirmed the company’s commitment in creating best possibilities for employees in order to maximize their potentials and positively make changes to their own lives and others through work that matters. As an innovation-driven company, Abbott appreciates the core value of people who can create and make changes. At Abbott, investing in people is not only the foundation of sustainable development, but also the first step towards a healthy community by building better career for all employees in the world, including Vietnamese talents.-VNA