Korea supports project to improve labor safety in Vietnam

A project to enhance capacity in occupational safety and hygiene training will be implemented for 3 years from September 2013 to September 2016 with a total budget of more than 9.4 million USD, of which the Korean Government will support 3.4 million USD and the Vietnamese Government will provide more than 6 million USD.

Firefighting drill at labor safety and hygiene week. Illustration photo: VNA

At the workshop, Mr. Lim Seung Up, General Director of KOSHA, said that the Korean Government will support Vietnam in upgrading the Occupational Safety and Health Training Center of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs into a leading national training center in the ASEAN region.

In the next 3 years, the project will build a National Training Center on occupational safety and hygiene with full facilities, practice equipment, and a team of professional instructors to serve high-quality training. The training curriculum will also be developed in a diverse and practical manner.

Vietnam's industry is developing rapidly, but due to non-compliance with safety regulations and lack of awareness of occupational safety, the number of occupational accidents occurring every year is high, serious, and tends to increase.

Mr. Kim Inn, Chief Representative of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Vietnam, said that the Vietnamese government needs to come up with policies to deal with emerging issues regarding occupational safety and hygiene if it wants to develop into a successful industrialized nation.

Faced with the current limitations of occupational safety and hygiene, Mr. Ha Tat Thang, Director of the Department of Labor Safety (Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs) admitted that although every year Vietnam has millions of people trained in occupational safety and hygiene, the overall rate in the country is only about 20-30% of the total number of workers with labor relations. That is not to mention the tens of millions of freelance workers and rural workers who have not been trained.

According to Mr. Ha Tat Thang, the current training work still has many limitations in terms of facilities, practice equipment, and lecturers. The content of the curriculum and lectures on occupational safety and hygiene is not of high quality, not suitable for the actual profession and the subjects that need training.

The project "Project to improve the capacity of the Occupational Safety and Health Training Center" implemented with support from Korea will create positive changes in occupational safety and health work in the coming time.

According to Vietnam+