On the basis of inheriting and promoting efficiency of the National program for occupational safety and health in 2016 - 2020 period, and for the purposes of implementing directions given by the Communist Party and the Government to achieve the objectives of occupational health assurance, prevention of occupational diseases, and contributing to the achievement of sustainable development objectives by 2030, the Government promulgates this Resolution on the National program for occupational safety and health in the 2021 - 2025 period (hereinafter referred to as the “Program”) with the following primary contents:
General objectives of the program is to improve working conditions; prevent occupational accidents and diseases, tend to workers’ health; safeguard workers’ life, Government’s properties and organizations’ assets towards sustainable development of the country.
The Specific objectives by 2025 are:
- Reduce the frequency of fatal occupational accidents by 4% averagely on annual basis.
-  Increase the number of workers to be examined for occupational diseases by 5% averagely on annual basis; increase the number of enterprises undergoing workplace environmental monitoring by 5% averagely on annual basis.
- Provide training in occupational safety and health to over 90% of managerial individuals in charge of occupational safety and health tasks working in district-level authorities and in management boards of economic zones, industrial parks, export processing zones and hi-tech parks.
- Provide training in occupational safety and health to over 80% of workers performing tasks or jobs bound by strict requirements for occupational safety and health, and to 80% of individuals in charge occupational safety and health tasks.
- Provide training in occupational safety and health to over 80% of individuals in charge of grassroots healthcare tasks.
- Provide proper information on occupational safety and health to over 80% of craft villages and cooperatives at high risk of occupational accidents and diseases.
- Pay compensations and benefits to over 80% of victims of occupational accidents or diseases in accordance with regulations of law.
- Report, investigate and settle 100% of fatal occupational accidents in accordance with regulations of law.
The Program will be initiated nationwide, and apply to all industries and sectors, individuals performing state management of occupational safety and health tasks, employers and workers; industries, jobs or tasks at high risk of occupational accidents and diseases, small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives and craft villages shall be given priority.
Key tasks and solution of the program are:
- Improve the system of regulations and policies, and enhance capabilities of inspection, monitoring and provision of occupational safety and health-related public services.
- Intensify communication, information dissemination and training activities to raise people’s awareness about occupational safety and health.
- Promote research, counseling and support for improving working conditions and prevention of occupational accidents and diseases.
- Promote international cooperation activities.
- Manage, supervise and assess the Program’s implementation.
Funding for the Program includes: Funding from state budget allocated in annual budget estimates of ministries, central authorities, and local governments, and relevant programs and schemes in accordance with regulations of the Law on state budget; Sponsorships and aid from international organizations, contributions by communities, and other lawful funding sources;
The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs will take charge and cooperate with relevant authorities in organizing the implementation of the Program; Review and revise, within its competence, policies and laws on occupational safety and health; apply information technology to management and development of the national database on occupational safety and health; Make model application of occupational safety and health management systems to 150 enterprises at high risk of occupational accidents and occupational diseases, including at least 50 enterprises possessing certificate of compliance with international standards for occupational safety and health management systems (ISO 45001 -2018); Provide model training classes in occupational safety and health; provide advice about model measures and models to improve working conditions; Develop the models of technical solutions for preventing hazardous and dangerous elements in at least 10 small and medium-sized enterprises; assist in piloting measures for inspection and prevention of occupational accidents when using machinery and equipment bound by strict requirements for occupational safety to at least 200 small enterprises and individual businesses; Instruct, inspect and submit consolidated reports on implementation results of the Program to the Government and the Prime Minister;
The Ministry of Health will review and revise, within its competence, policies and laws on occupational safety and health; Make model application of measures for diagnosis, assessment, treatment and functional rehabilitation for workers suffering from the occupational diseases in the following groups of diseases, including: pneumoconiosis, occupational poisoning, diseases caused by physical agents, occupational dermatoses, and occupational infections; Assist in applying model solutions for improving capacity of workplace environmental monitoring regarding dust and chemical factors for at least 1.000 health workers; Assume responsibility to organize implementation, monitoring and reporting on the realization of the objectives 2 and 5.
The Ministry of Finance will allocate funding for implementing the Program included in annual budget estimates of central authorities and local governments in accordance with regulations of the Law on state budget; Provide additional guidelines for management and use of funding for specific activities of the Program; cooperate with the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs in inspecting the Program’s implementation.
Provincial people’s committees will formulate and implement their local programs for occupational safety and health in 2021 - 2025 period according to the following rules: they are conformable and associated with local socio-economic development objectives; they have specific objectives, tasks and solutions associated with those of the National Program; funding from local government budget shall be allocated for implementing their programs; Proactively cooperate with relevant ministries and regulatory authorities in performing activities of the National Program; Manage the Program’s implementation in their provinces or cities; submit annual or ad hoc reports on the Program’s implementation to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs.