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Dialogue focuses on labour safety, hygiene

The National Council on Labour Safety and Hygiene held its 2018 dialogue in Hanoi on April 11 in response to World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 28) and preparation for the national action month on labour safety and hygiene in May.
Dialogue focuses on labour safety, hygiene ảnh 1At the dialogue (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The National Council on Labour Safety and Hygiene heldits 2018 dialogue in Hanoi on April 11 in response to World Day for Safety andHealth at Work (April 28) and preparation for the national action month onlabour safety and hygiene in May.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs LeTan Dung stressed the necessary to hold regular dialogue on labour safety andhygiene policies in order to share information and intensify mutualunderstanding between employers and employees.

The dialogue was also a chance for participants to contributeideas to the making and revision of laws and policies so as to make them conformableto business and production activities.

According to estimates of the International LabourOrganisation (ILO), every day, the world records 6,400 deaths due to workincidents and occupational diseases and 680,000 people injured at workplace,which requires a satisfactory investment in labour safety and hygiene at bothinternational and national levels and in businesses.

In Vietnam, over 1 million youths enter the labour marketeach year, with the number of labourers aged from 15-24 accounting for 15percent of the country’s workforce. The rate of work incidents involved inyoung people is 40 percent higher than that of other groups.

ILO Vietnam Director Lee Chang-hee said that the target ofimproving labour safety and hygiene is reached only when State managementagencies, employers, employees and organisations representing business ownersand workers exert joint efforts.

Participants at the dialogue discussed issues related tonewly-promulgated policies, and proposed measures to solve shortcomings inimplementing State laws and regulations on the field as well as initiatives onadministrative procedure reform.-VNA
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