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Second action month for labour safety to be held in May 2018

The second action month for labour safety and hygiene will take place from May 1-31, 2018, with Ho Chi Minh City hosting the launching ceremony and national-scale activities.
Second action month for labour safety to be held in May 2018 ảnh 1The second action month for labour safety and hygiene will take place from May 1-31, 2018 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The second actionmonth for labour safety and hygiene will take place from May 1-31, 2018, withHo Chi Minh City hosting the launching ceremony and national-scale activities.

The information wasrevealed at a meeting by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs inHanoi on September 20 to review the first action month for labour safety andhygiene from May 1-31.

Participants said that a widerange of activities were held during the action month such as implementingthe Law on occupational safety and hygiene, taking measures to preventoccupational accidents and diseases, and opening relevant training courses forworkers.

During the month, occupational accidents decreased by 0.38 percent and thenumber of fatalities and injuries dropped by 9.55 percent and 16.97 percentrespectively.

Notably, in the second quarter of 2017, HaGiang, Thua Thien-Hue, and Quang Ngai provinces reported no labour accidents.

At the meeting, participants called on ministries,localities, political and social organisations to join hands to implement moreeffectively similar action months in the coming time.

Activities during the month must be diverse and practical, thus havinggreat impacts on the society, they said.-VNA

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