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Experts share experience in enforcing labour safety regulations

National and international experience in building policies and operating an occupational accident insurance fund for labourers in non-textured area was highlighted at a conference held in Hanoi on May 4.
Experts share experience in enforcing labour safety regulations ảnh 1Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep speaks at the conference (Photo: giadinhvatreem.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – National andinternational experience in building policies and operating an occupationalaccident insurance fund for labourers in non-textured area was highlighted at aconference held in Hanoi on May 4.

The two-day conference, themed “Sharing experience in effective enforcement of occupationalsafety and health regulations “, was held within the action plan of theASEAN-Occupational Safety and Health Network (ASEAN-OSHNET) period 2016-2020.It is a crucial forum to respond to the action month for labour safety andhygiene, launched by the Vietnamese government for the first time.

Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social AffairsDoan Mau Diep affirmed that enhancing cooperation with internationalorganisations and foreign countries in labour safety and hygiene will be a keypriority of Vietnam, especially when the country has a law on occupationalsafety and hygiene.

State agencies should promptly accumulate experience in effectively enforce thelaw on occupational safety and hygiene, build policies on the compensation fundfor work-related accidents and diseases, he stressed.

According to Professor Le Van Trinh from the Vietnam Occupational Safety andHealth Association (VOSHA), occupational accidents and diseases causeirreversible economic damage to workers, employers and society.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisationestimated that economic costs of work-related injuries and illness areequivalent to 3-5 percent of a country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Trinhsaid.

Participants at the conference suggested that policies on operating the occupationalaccident insurance fund for workers should ensure flexibility in administrativeprocedures and compensation while financial supports for poor and near-poorhouseholds should depend on the country’s socio-economic development and statebudget in each period.

In addition, due attention should be paid to training courses to raise publicawareness of labour safety and hygiene, they recommended.-VNA
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