On May 21, 2024, the Prime Minister issued Official Telegram 51/CD-TTg on rectifying and strengthening labor safety and hygiene.
Accordingly, to promptly rectify labor safety and hygiene, ensuring absolute safety for workers, the Prime Minister requests the following:
- Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs:
+ Strengthen state management according to assigned functions and tasks; Regularly check, inspect, and ensure strict implementation of policies and laws on occupational safety and hygiene, especially at key works and projects, in areas with high risk of accidents workers, at enterprises that manage and use machines and equipment with strict requirements on occupational safety and hygiene.
+ Urgently develop and submit to competent authorities for promulgation a Plan to implement Directive 31-CT/TW in 2024 of the 13th Party Central Committee Secretariat on continuing to strengthen the Party's leadership in public affairs. Occupational safety and hygiene in the new situation.
- Minister of Information and Communications, General Director of Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, and Vietnam News Agency promote propaganda and raise awareness of employers and workers. impacts on occupational safety and hygiene; Publicize violations to the mass media and provide advanced examples, good experiences, and valuable lessons on ensuring occupational safety and hygiene nationwide.
- Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies and Government agencies:
+ Direct affiliated units and businesses operating in the field of management to carefully review regulations, standards, and procedures on occupational safety and hygiene in production and business activities in a timely manner. overcome shortcomings and limitations, ensuring absolute safety for workers.
+ Strengthen inspection and strictly handle organizations and individuals violating regulations on occupational safety and hygiene, especially for key works and projects and businesses with many risks of occurrence. labor accident.
- Chairman of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities:
+ Raise the responsibility of leaders for occupational safety and hygiene, considering this a regular, long-term task with important significance in the local socio-economic development, ensuring human security.
+ Encourage businesses to proactively invest, deploy preventive measures, strengthen self-inspection, supervision, and drills to minimize labor accidents and occupational diseases.
+ Regularly inspect compliance with regulations on occupational safety and hygiene; promptly detect and replicate good models and effective practices and strictly handle violations.
