During his latest business trip to South Korea, Mr. Than Minh Hoang—CEO of Hoang Tu Holdings and Representative of Beauty Summit—held a strategic discussion with KL Global leadership, opening the door to bringing ISO 17024 certification to Vietnam. This is considered a significant step forward in the journey to standardize the beauty industry while strengthening the international cooperation ecosystem that Beauty Summit is building.
Beauty Summit and the Vision to Standardize Vietnam’s Beauty Industry
Throughout its development journey, Beauty Summit has emerged as the most comprehensive ecosystem in Vietnam’s beauty industry—where businesses, training academies, experts, and leading regional brands connect, share, and create new value. More than just an exhibition or trade platform, Beauty Summit carries a greater mission: promoting professional standardization and building a quality foundation for Vietnam’s beauty industry.
Accessing and implementing ISO 17024 certification is a strategic move in this direction. This is an international standard used to evaluate professional competency in an objective, transparent manner that is globally recognized. When applied to the Beauty Summit ecosystem, ISO 17024 not only creates a clear competency framework for beauty specialists, instructors, and technicians but also opens opportunities to elevate training quality, increase business credibility, and standardize the entire value chain in the industry.
By integrating international standards into existing operations, Beauty Summit affirms its pioneering role in connecting knowledge, technology, and regional resources. This is a step that not only upgrades internal quality but also helps Vietnam’s beauty industry prepare for deeper integration into the Asia-Pacific market, where competition is increasingly intense and professional requirements are increasingly stringent. Beauty Summit is therefore not just an event but a driving force pushing Vietnam’s beauty industry closer to global standards.
Beauty Summit and KL Global: Strategic Partnership to Bring ISO 17024 to Vietnam
Within the framework of his South Korea business trip, CEO Than Minh Hoang held an in-depth working session with Dr. Lee JoonWoo—Deputy General Director of KL Global—marking an important step forward in the strategy to implement international competency certification ISO 17024 in Vietnam. The meeting represents a new milestone in the journey to standardize the beauty industry while opening opportunities to elevate workforce quality according to global standards.
KL Global is currently one of South Korea’s most reputable organizations in the field of professional competency assessment, expertise certification, and international standards system transfer. With experience supporting many countries in the region to build workforce evaluation frameworks according to ISO standards, KL Global is considered the ideal strategic partner to accompany Beauty Summit in this breakthrough phase.
The highlight of the working session was the mutual agreement to build a practical implementation roadmap, not just stopping at theoretical principles but focusing on feasibility in the Vietnamese market. This roadmap includes:
- Transferring the professional evaluation criteria system according to ISO 17024 standards—suitable for each occupational group in the beauty industry
- Standardizing training, supervision, and personnel quality inspection processes to build a workforce that meets international integration requirements
- Training and certifying Vietnamese experts with sufficient capacity to assume the roles of examiners and inspectors according to international standards
- Connecting networks of academies, businesses, and research institutes between Vietnam and South Korea to create a comprehensive training and evaluation ecosystem
The cooperation between Beauty Summit and KL Global is a strategic step bringing Vietnam’s beauty industry closer to global standards. Instead of depending on foreign evaluation organizations, the domestic beauty industry is gradually building a training-evaluation-certification ecosystem right in Vietnam, ensuring proactivity, transparency, and sustainability.
With KL Global’s partnership, Beauty Summit is moving very close to the goal of shaping a generation of beauty workforce meeting international standards—a crucial foundation for Vietnam’s beauty industry to accelerate integration and enhance regional competitiveness.
Beauty Summit in the Journey to Build a Standardization Ecosystem
ISO 17024 certification plays a crucial role in standardizing the beauty industry workforce. This is an international standard that independently evaluates the professional competency of each individual through a transparent, rigorous testing system that is globally recognized.
When applied to the Beauty Summit ecosystem, ISO 17024 certification creates many practical values:
Standardizing Vietnam’s Beauty Industry Workforce
Specialists, technicians, instructors, and experts who achieve ISO 17024 certification will:
- Have their professional competency confirmed according to international standards
- Easily participate in the international labor market
- Increase competitiveness in the rapidly developing beauty environment
Enhancing Credibility of Training Academies and Businesses
Training centers, academies, and brands within the Beauty Summit ecosystem will benefit greatly from applying this standard:
- Increased credibility in recruitment and training
- Optimized processes for evaluating instructor and student competency
- Building transparent, professional international cooperation models
Connecting the Business-Academy-Expert Ecosystem
ISO 17024 will become a bridge helping the Beauty Summit ecosystem operate in a closed loop:
- Training → Testing → Certification → Employment Connection → Technology Transfer
- Creating a seamless cooperation environment between Vietnam and South Korea
Beauty Summit and the Goal of Bringing Vietnam’s Beauty Industry to International Standards
The strategic cooperation between Beauty Summit and KL Global is not just about accessing an international standard but also demonstrates a long-term vision: bringing Vietnam’s beauty industry closer to regional and global standards. In the context of the beauty industry’s strong transformation, standardizing professional competency, operational processes, and workforce quality has become a decisive factor for Vietnam to enhance competitiveness on Asia’s beauty map.
Beauty Summit identifies four key focal points in the new phase:
- Establishing a training and inspection center according to ISO 17024 standards right in Vietnam, helping domestic businesses and academies access international standards proactively, transparently, and systematically
- Strengthening connections between businesses, experts, and Korean founders at Beauty Summit 2026, creating a powerful cooperation network between Asia’s two beauty powerhouses
- Promoting the transfer of advanced beauty technology, including aesthetic equipment, academy operating models, skincare and aesthetic standards, and green technology solutions
- Building a high-quality workforce capable of working in international environments and serving both domestic and foreign markets
This is a long-term strategy aimed at building a Vietnamese beauty industry that approaches standardization, integration, and sustainability. It is expected that within 5-10 years, when the training-evaluation-certification system operates comprehensively, Vietnam’s beauty industry will enter a new phase: more professional, more competitive, and capable of expanding into international markets.
Beauty Summit Expands Standardization Ecosystem – Elevating Vietnam’s Beauty Industry
The collaboration between Hoang Tu Holdings, KL Global, and Beauty Summit is not just a strategic step in international cooperation but also an important milestone opening a new era of comprehensive standardization for Vietnam’s beauty industry. Bringing ISO 17024 certification to the domestic market is not only about receiving an international standard but also creates momentum for businesses, training academies, and beauty industry experts to develop in a systematic, transparent, and more deeply integrated direction.
ISO 17024 certification becomes a “bridge” helping Vietnamese human resources access modern training methods, advanced competency evaluation systems, and internationally-standard operating models. This is precisely the foundation for enhancing the competitiveness of Vietnamese businesses while opening opportunities for cooperation, technology transfer, and market expansion in the region.
With its role as a platform gathering leading businesses, academies, and experts, Beauty Summit will continue to fulfill its mission of connecting knowledge, spreading value, and creating real opportunities for the community. Through the expanding standardization ecosystem, Beauty Summit aims to make Vietnam’s beauty industry a new bright spot in the Asia-Pacific region—a place where international standards, high professional competency, and the spirit of sustainable development converge.
