Hanoi (VNA) - A Ministry of Health reportreveals that each year 100,000 labourers in the country were checked foroccupational diseases and more than 5,000 found to have diseases.
According to the report, employers and companies areimplementing periodical medical examinations for workers.
The total number receiving the health checks from2011-17 increased 1.6 times against the 2006-10 period. Every year,between two and three million labourers receive periodical examinations.
However, this figure only accounts for about 20 percent ofthe total number of employees nationwide.
The current periodical health examinations are for thedetection of common diseases in only a few enterprises. There is no mechanismfor labourers without labour contracts to receive the tests.
Agencies and enterprises operating in fields where theworking environment can be dangerous, must check for occupational diseases inaddition to periodical medical examinations, according to Vietnamese labourlaw.-VNA