December 10, 2009
Awareness of labour safety and hygiene among farmers remains low, and has been illustrated by their improper use of toxic chemicals and equipment. According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs’ Preventive Medicine Centre’s deputy head, Tran Thi Ngoc Lan, farmers account for 70 per cent of the total workforce nationwide and regularly [...]
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November 18, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has said it aims to cut the number of serious labour accidents each year by 5 per cent. The targets were outlined in the ministry’s national file on labour safety and hygiene and fire fighting and prevention, which was published on November 17.The targets [...]
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November 15, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has barred official agencies from issuing business awards until a new regulation is issued by the Government. LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has barred official agencies from issuing business awards until a new regulation is issued by the [...]
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November 10, 2009
The number of workers killed in accidents on building sites in the city has dramatically increased because of understaffed inspection offices, failure to provide adequate safety equipment. Workers building an overpass on the Ha Noi Highway at the Cat Lai intersection in HCM City’s District 2.Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs figures show 87 [...]
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October 16, 2009
Poor labour safety compliance and a lack of knowledge about safety regulations were blamed for the increasing number of workplace accidents in HCM City Coal miners with Vang Danh Company in northern Quang Ninh province. Companies are encouraged to provide regular medical check-ups for workers to reduce job-related illness.Truong Lam Danh, deputy chairman of HCM [...]
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October 5, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has asked its inspectors to strengthen labour safety by strictly monitoring enterprises’ compliance Inspectors should strictly fine and punish violators, especially companies that do not file complete reports in time on workplace accidents.They should require companies to provide information regularly on labour accidents, maintenance [...]
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August 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Coal miners in Quang Ninh province are being injured or killed in accidents because they fail to abide by safety procedures in their drive for higher wages. In every mine there was a deputy director in charge of safety and there were safety wardens at lower levels.Ten people have died in the past [...]
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August 12, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Pham Gia Luong, deputy head of the Department of Labour Safety of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Recent labour safety violations uncovered at the construction site of Keangnam, the highest building in Viet Nam, showed efforts relating to ensuring labour safety were insufficient and supervision reports were irregular.Health checks for [...]
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August 9, 2009
Continuous labour accidents at the construction site of Vietnam’s highest building, the Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, have raised serious safety concerns about high-rise building sites. The Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower project has a dubious safety record LookAtVietnam – Continuous labour accidents at the construction site of Vietnam’s highest building, the Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, have [...]
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August 4, 2009
Hanoi inspectors have detected many labour and occupational safety-related violations at the construction site of the highest building project in Vietnam. The Hanoi Landmark Tower project has South Korea’s Keangnam Vina as its investor, Keangnam Enterprises Ltd as its main contractor and Vietnam’s Construction JS Company No.1 (Cofico), the Hanoi Construction JS Company No.1 and [...]
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