The action month will deal with accessing and managing labour safety and hygiene risks at workplaces.

At a press conference held on April 11.

Accordingly, there will be a dialogue between the National Council for Labour Safety and Hygiene and enterprises, a seminar discussing the experience in occupational accidents and preventive measures, a training course on health care for health workers, among others.

Labour safety and hygiene inspection will be launched at 10 construction sites and eight groups and corporations nationwide.

At a press conference held on April 11, Ha Tat Thang, head of the labour safety department of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs said 7,997 occupational accidents occurred nationwide in 2018, taking the lives of 1,039 labourers and leaving 1,939 others seriously injured.

Localities with most occupational accident fatalities in the year included Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hai Duong, Thai Nguyen, Yen Bai, Dong Nai, Quang Ninh, Ca Mau, Quang Nam and Binh Duong provinces.

Most of the occupational accidents occurred in construction, building materials production, metallurgical engineering, and other fields.

Employers held accountable for nearly 46.5 percent of the total occupational accidents, in which their failure to build safe working practices for employees accounted for 24.56 percent and their failure to fully train safe working practices for employees accounted for 7.2 percent. Meanwhile, employees’ violation of labour safety practices was blamed for 18.42 percent of the total accidents.

In 2018, 2 million labourers took periodical health examinations. Occupational deafness was found in 66.6 percent of the labourers, followed by silicosis (16.8 percent), and occupational chronic bronchitis (9.9 percent).

More than 30,000 new jobs created to Bac Giang laborers

(BGO) - According to the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (DOLISA), more than 30,000 laborers have been recruited in the northern province of Bac Giang, up 3.4 percent against the target of 2018. 

 

Vietnam Siflex crowns champions of Football Championship for Industrial Parks’ labors

(BGO) – The Trade Union of the Industrial Parks in the northern province of Bac Giang on November 11 held the closing and awarding ceremony to the football teams with achievement in the first Male Football Championship for the Industrial Parks’ workers, staff and labors in 2018 in Bich Dong town, Viet Yen district (Bac Giang province). 

 

Labors benefit from enterprises’ due attention to cultural and spiritual life

(BGO) – Apart from many activities launched by the trade unions, several enterprises operating at the Industrial Parks (IP) in the northern province of Bac Giang has paid due attention to building the cultural system, organizing art performances and sports events to improve the cultural and spiritual life for the workers after finishing their shifts.

 

Vietnam, Argentina forge stronger collaboration

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held talks with Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship Jorge Faurie in Hanoi on July 30, aiming to seek ways to boost bilateral ties.

 

Vietnam wants to foster collaboration with UAE: PM

The Vietnamese Government always wishes to bolster its cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in all aspects based on each side’s potential, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told new UAE Ambassador to Vietnam Obaid Saeed Bintaresh Al Dhaheri in Hanoi on July 27.

 

Source: VNA