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Effective Implementation of National OSH Programme for Improving Safety and Health at the Workplace in Vietnam
The project aims to establish functioning national systems to improve occupational safety and health (OSH) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through the effective implementation of the First National Programme on Labour Protection and Occupational Safety and Occupational Health (National OSH Programme) and the development of the Second National OSH Programme that should start in 2011. The project will also address OSH of informal economy and rural workplaces and large-scale enterprises located in the target provinces in an integrated manner. Inter-ministerial cooperation will be promoted to link the national labour protection system by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) with the community health system by the Ministry of Health (MOH) for the quality OSH service delivery and wider coverage. ILO and WHO will provide concerted technical inputs to support the efforts of Vietnam and develop a good example of the One-UN Policy. ILO’s OSH instruments and tools such as Promotional Framework for OSH Convention, ILO Guidelines on OSH Management Systems (ILO-OSH 2001), and WISE (Work Improvements in Small Enterprises) Programme will be widely applied at both national policy and workplace levels.
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World Health Assembly Resolution 58.22 from 2005 on cancer prevention and control urged Member States to pay special attention to cancers for which avoidable exposure is a factor, particularly exposure to chemicals at the workplace and the environment. Asbestos is one of the most important occupational carcinogens causing about half of the deahts from occupational cancer | ILO/Japan Project “Effective Implementation of the National OSH Programme for Improving Safety and Health at Workplace in Viet Nam RAS/08/07M/JPN | Under regulations of the Labour Code, all cases of occupational accidents happening at enterprises have to be notified and reported to competent agencies, but actually, many cases of occupational accidents are under report. Therefore the administrative agencies lack the reliable sources of information to control and evaluate | People working at home for producing some products like clothes, shoes, furniture, handcrafts... often exposure with high risks of occupational accidents and diseases such as using machines, electricity and chemicals. Most of them do not understand fully the risks relating to their safety and health during production. Therefore, providing | Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the economic development of the country: creating jobs for the workers, contributing significantly to the local budget. However, SMEs have been facing lots of difficulties regarding the occupational safety and health: poluted working environments and hight risks | Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have created job opportunities and incomes for many employees and families. However, together with the fast development, SMEs have been facing lots of difficulties regarding the occupational safety and |
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ILO - RAS/08/07M/JPN Based on recent experiences in Viet Nam, practical ways to promote collaboration among relevant agencies and organizations in assisting SMEs in assessing and improving existing working conditions are suggested. | With the permission of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the support of the ILO Office in Hanoi, the project "Effective implementation of National OSH programme for improving safety and health at the workplace in Vietnam" RAS/08/07M/JPN, to identify actual needs and improve occupational safety and health in small and medium enterprises in the project provinces to find suitable prevention solutions, the Bureau for Safe Work, MOLISA has conducted a survey in 04 project beneficiaries are in Dong Nai, Thua Thien Hue, Thanh Hoa, Thai Nguyen | Improving work conditions among home workers in the informal economy is an important component of the ILO agenda to extend decent work to all workers. The WISH (Work Improvement for Safe Home) action manual responds to this immediate need of home workers and provides them with practical, easy-to-implement ideas to improve their saf | This book documents and analyses the course of the development of the WIND training programme in Vietnam and also the efforts of other countries in Asia. The authors have paid particular | The national OSH profile was developed in cooperation with concerned agencies and organizations, rejected the existence of management, organization and implementation of the OSH activities in Viet Nam. The profile included basic information on national policy, regulations, organizational structure, inspection system, monitoring working |
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The project “Effective Implementation of National OSH Programme for Improving Safety and Health at the Workplace in Vietnam” (RAS/08/07M/JPN) started in June, 2009 and will be finish in Dec 2011. | The project “Effective Implementation of National OSH Programme for Improving Safety and Health at the Workplace in Vietnam” (RAS/08/07M/JPN) was approved by the leader of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in the Decision No 02/QD-LDTBXH dated 02 January, 2009 and by the Prime Minister on 07 April, 2009. After nearly 3 years of the implementation (from June 2009 to Dec 2011) the project has achieved the significant results. | ILO - RAS/08/07M/JPN According to the estimate by the ILO, there are about 337 million occupational accidents in the world and 2.3 million fatalities due to occupational diseases. [1] Losses caused by OAs and ODs accounts for about 4% of the GDP in the world. In some countries with high incomes, about 40% of the early retirement is the consequence of occupational accidents. The average calculation of the shortened period is around 5 years, equivalent to 14% of the length of time during which the labour force is capable of working. According to average calculation, 5% of the labour force retires from work due to health effects at work. | ILO - RAS/08/07M/JPN The 3-year project is coming to an end by the end of December 2011. The final evaluation is required since the project total budget is more than US$500,000, at least one independent evaluation is needed by ILO evaluation policy. The final evaluation is therefore proposed and will be managed by ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RO Bangkok).The aims of the final independent evaluation are to assess to what extent (i) progress has been made in achieving the project’s outcomes and (ii) how the project outcomes have contributed to implementing the Decent Work Country Programme in Viet Nam. The donors and key stakeholders will be consulted throughout the evaluation process. The final independent evaluation will comply with UN evaluation norms and standards and that ethical safeguards will be followed. | ILO - RAS/08/07M/JPN The report covers activities of the project which have been carried out since the 1st of June, 2009, when the project office was established at the ILO Office in Hanoi, five months later than planned due to some necessary administrative procedures. After two years from 6/2009 to 6/2011, the project has achieved the following results | wHO Studies, conducted in numbers of hospitals in Vietnam, indicated that health care workers have been working in dangerous environment with various types of occupational risks and hazards including occupational infectious and un-infectious ones such as SARS, H5N1, H1N1, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS; risks related to chemicals, radiation and occupational stress, etc. The risks were especially high in health-care workers who were injured by sharp objects, such as needles, when they did there work. Although legislation on health care for health care workers have been developed and implemented, in fact, this issue has not been paid adequate attention. | WHO Thua Thien Hue Province has seven districts, one town and one city. The province is well-known as a place with potential in tourism, many sights-seeing and health center of the central part of Vietnam. There are several hospitals with the total of 2500 health care workers (HCWs). | |
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Pictures of OSH Activities |
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