ISO and GRC certification consulting in Hanoi

ISO and GRC certification in Hanoi at a glance

Hanoi's industrial map is drawn by one body. The city's High-Tech Parks and Industrial Zones Management Board runs two hi-tech parks, an IT park and twenty-four industrial zones: Hoa Lac, where a semiconductor components plant broke ground in early 2026; Thang Long, where flexible circuits are made for export; and Quang Minh, where engineering and cosmetics firms file their environmental paperwork with the Board. Beyond the zones, a 2026 city plan gives the Nhat Tan to Noi Bai axis to regional headquarters, finance, trade and logistics, with Noi Bai International Airport at its northern end. These employers answer to very different customers, yet all of them are asked sooner or later for evidence that their systems stand up to an outside assessor. National law and accreditation sit on the Vietnam page. Sterling serves Hanoi from its Ho Chi Minh City office, bringing 20+ years of experience, 8,100+ client engagements in 60+ countries, and Effivity and Sterling Academy with every engagement.

Hanoi is Vietnam's capital and the centre of northern high-technology, finance and logistics activity. The city's High-Tech Parks and Industrial Zones Management Board runs two hi-tech parks, an IT park and twenty-four industrial zones, with Hoa Lac as the research and manufacturing core, while the Nhat Tan to Noi Bai axis is planned for regional headquarters, finance, trade and logistics. The Board's site reports that Japan has been the largest source of foreign investment in the city since 1989.

Standards Sterling delivers in Hanoi

Each page sets out why the standard is asked for in Hanoi, what it requires and how Sterling delivers it locally. National law and accreditation are covered on the Vietnam page.

Industries in Hanoi that ask for certification

• Semiconductors, electronics and information technology at Hoa Lac: Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park, which the Board says focuses on information technology, biotechnology, new materials and automation, and where a semiconductor components plant broke ground in early 2026 as the anchor of a planned semiconductor and electronics cluster. Standards asked for: ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO/IEC 42001
• Biotechnology, biomedical research and medical devices: The Hanoi Biotech Hi-Tech Park, a planned zone on about 199 hectares where construction began in August 2025, and a 2026 city plan that lists biomedical and medical devices among five groups of strategic foreign-investment projects. Standards asked for: ISO 13485, ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001
• Electronics and component manufacturing in the industrial zones: Thang Long Industrial Zone, where the Board published an environmental registration in September 2026 for a plant making flexible printed circuit boards for export, and a coating and printing plant for car, motorcycle, electronic and household parts whose registration it received in August 2026. Standards asked for: ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001
• Food processing and consumer manufacturing: The Board received an environmental registration in August 2026 for a Hanoi meat-products food plant, and its Quang Minh zone notices include a pharmaceutical-cosmetics company. Standards asked for: HACCP, ISO 22000, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001
• Finance, trade, headquarters and air-cargo logistics: A 2026 city plan reported on the Board's site gives the Nhat Tan to Noi Bai axis to regional headquarters, finance, trade and logistics, the urban core to finance, consulting and cultural industries, and the northern, eastern and southern poles to high-technology industry and logistics; Noi Bai International Airport opens the axis at its northern end. Standards asked for: ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 22301, ISO/IEC 20000-1

Industrial areas and zones in Hanoi

• Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park (National hi-tech park managed by the Hanoi High-Tech Parks and Industrial Zones Management Board): information technology, biotechnology, new materials, automation, semiconductors
• Hanoi Biotech Hi-Tech Park (Hi-tech park under construction, managed by the Hanoi High-Tech Parks and Industrial Zones Management Board): biotechnology, life sciences
• Thang Long Industrial Zone (Industrial zone in Thien Loc commune, under the Board's management): electronics, flexible printed circuits, export manufacturing
• Quang Minh Industrial Zone (Industrial zone in Quang Minh commune, under the Board's management, with its infrastructure held by a private developer): mechanical engineering and industrial equipment, pharmaceutical cosmetics

Local authorities

• Hanoi High-Tech Parks and Industrial Zones Management Board: Direct state management of the city's hi-tech parks and industrial zones; it publishes environmental permit proposals for zone infrastructure and environmental registrations for tenants, and judges hi-tech park projects on technology, environment, energy use, finance and management capability.

National laws, regulators and accreditation are on the Vietnam page.

Ports and logistics

• Airport: Noi Bai International Airport (HAN), a grade 4E airport open around the clock, with a domestic terminal and an international terminal that opened in December 2014, operated by Airports Corporation of Vietnam

Exporters of electronics and components, and the freight and technology firms that serve them, meet customer questions on quality, security and continuity.

Sterling in Hanoi

Served from Sterling's Ho Chi Minh City office. One team carries the work from scoping to certificate, with Effivity ISO & GRC software and preferential Sterling Academy access, with complimentary awareness training for your people. Sterling does not certify; certification decisions stay with independent bodies.

Nearby cities

• Ho Chi Minh City
• Hai Phong
• Da Nang

What the standards require, clause by clause

Before you start in Hanoi, read what each clause and subclause requires of you, how to implement it, the evidence auditors look for and the mistakes to avoid.

Questions Hanoi clients ask