Vietnam: Tasks and powers of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs in occupational safety and hygiene

- Provide guidelines for and implement regulations of law on occupational safety and hygiene; modes of employment, hours of work, hours of rest; national programs for occupational safety and hygiene; make national documents on occupational safety and hygiene;

- Stipulate indemnities for occupational accidents and occupational diseases; occupational accidents benefits; in-kind allowances for employees in conditions with dangerous or harmful factors;

- Promulgate lists of machinery, equipment, materials or substances subject to strict requirements for occupational safety and hygiene in consideration of requests made by relevant Ministries as prescribed by law, take charge implementation of regulatory roles in training in occupational safety and hygiene and operation of machinery, equipment, materials subject to strict requirements for occupational safety;

- Promulgate a list of jobs subject to strict requirements for occupational safety and hygiene; a list of extremely heavy, hazardous or dangerous jobs and works. Stipulate criteria for classifying employees by working conditions; provision of personal safety equipment;

- Formulate national standards; promulgate national technical regulation on occupational safety and hygiene within its scope of management;

- Promulgate procedures for assessment of machinery, equipment, supplies and manage substances subject to strict requirements for occupational safety and hygiene within its scope of management. Request other Ministries and agencies to promulgate procedures for assessment of machinery, equipment, supplies and manage substances subject to strict requirements for occupational safety and hygiene within their scope of management as prescribed by law.

- Provide guidelines for quality inspection of particular goods and products relating to labor safety as prescribed by law;

- Investigate occupational accidents; implement and provide guidelines for collection, storing, consolidation, provision, disclosing, and evaluation of occupational accidents, technical breakdowns leading serious unsafety and insanitary; build and manage database of labor safety nationwide;

- Provide guidelines for and initiate the Occupational Safety and Hygiene Action Month.

View details in Decree No. 14/2017/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from February 17, 2017.

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