Action month for workplace safety and hygiene, worker’s month launched
Hanoi (VNA) - The action month for workplace safety
and hygiene and worker’s month 2020 were launched at a ceremony held by the
Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) in Hanoi on May 8.
Speaking
at the ceremony, President of VGCL Nguyen Dinh Khang proposed trade unions at
all levels and union members and workers nationwide promote a spirit of creative
emulation and implement specific activities to improve productivity, ensure workplace safety, and maintain employment and
stable incomes.
He also urged
trade unions to focus on implementing solutions to support and protect workers
facing difficulties and those who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
especially female workers who are pregnant, raising children, or sick.
Khang called
on union members and workers to continue their efforts to overcome the difficulties
and contribute to defeating COVID-19.
This
year’s action month will focus on measures to promote
improvements in working conditions and controlling risks in occupational safety
and hygiene in the workplace.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung asked
relevant ministries, departments, localities, enterprises, and workers to
implement regulations on workplace safety and hygiene as well as COVID-19 prevention
measures.
He also stressed the need to proactively enhance Industry 4.0 solutions in
assessing and controlling risks from unsafe and unhygienic practices in the workplace./.