The National Profile on Occupational Safety and Health in Viet Nam

Occupational safety and health is such a major and important socio-economic policy for sustainable development and human protection that the Party and State give it constant attention. In the first days of the country’s foundation, President Ho Chi Minh issued Ordinance No 29/SL dated 13/3/1947 which included basic points of occupational safety and health, work and rest time. These have been revised and supplemented over the subsequent years. The top leaders of the Party and the State have also continuously paid due attention to the topic, and recalled and stressed the importance of implementation of labour protection and occupational safety and health.

Over the years, national policies and legal documents on occupational safety and health have been developed and issued. Occupational safety and health-related activities such as publicity, training and legislation dissemination, annual organization of National Week for occupational safety and health and fire-explosion prevention, inspections and checks on occupational safety and health performance, research on labour protection, development of standards, norms and technical processes on occupational safety and health… have been carried out with the collaboration of various domestic and foreign agencies and organizations.

The development of this national profile is aimed at providing fundamental information on occupational safety and health at the national level, such as policy and guidelines of the Party in occupational safety and health performance, policies, standards and norms, information and reporting system, services and human resources for occupational safety and health... The profile also comprehensively reviews improvements in occupational safety and health gained in Vietnam, at the same time indicates shortcomings and tasks required to achieve occupational safety and health targets in the industrialisation and modernisation process.

The national profile has been developed on the basis of the cooperation and provision of information from the relevant Governmental agencies, employees’ organization, employers’ organization and other individuals and organizations.

The Editorial Board would like to convey sincere thanks to the Government of Japan, the International Labour Organisation, organizations and individuals for their assistance and information provided in the development of the national OSH profile. (Detail of the National Profile on OSH)

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