Requirements for occupational health and safety of employees in Vietnam

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1. Requirements for occupational health and safety of employees in Vietnam

According to Article 2 of Circular 19/2016/TT-BYT regulating requirements for employee health management at enterprises as follows:

- Occupational health management and occupational disease prevention shall be applied as the worker is employed and during their working time in the workplace.

- Employers shall assign, recruit or allocate employees to take on responsibilities with the consideration of employee’s health and the following requirements:

+ The employer shall not allocate employees suffering from occupational diseases to work in positions where they must come into contact with occupational hazards which are beyond the control or mitigation;

+ The employer should not assign/allocate those suffering from chronic diseases to take on tasks that contain hazards which may affect their diseases. Where it is unavoidable, the employer shall provide the assigned employee who suffers from chronic disease with a detailed explanation about health hazards and shall assign tasks only after obtaining the employee’s written consent.

2. Occupational health records of employees in Vietnam

According to Article 3 of Circular 19/2016/TT-BYT regulating occupational health records of employees in Vietnam:

* The occupational health record includes:

- An employee’s personal health record; and

-  Health monitoring records of all employees in the workplace (hereinafter referred to as “health monitoring record”)

* The employee’s personal health record includes:

- A health certificate or health examination form if the job requires to contact with hazards that may cause occupational diseases, or where the employee is required to take charge of high-skilled jobs, heavy or dangerous, risky or hazardous tasks under current regulations of laws;

- A periodic health examination or health examination for detection of occupational diseases where the employee is required to take charge of high-skilled jobs, heavy or dangerous, risky or hazardous tasks under current regulations of laws;

- Occupational disease records (if any)

- A hospital discharge form, sick leave or relevant documents (if any)

* Health monitoring records shall be made using the form in Annex 2 attached to Circular 19/2016/TT-BYT. 

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3. Regulations on the management of emergency treatment records in case of occupational accidents in Vietnam

Article 4 of Circular 19/2016/TT-BYT stipulates the management of emergency treatment records in case of occupational accidents in Vietnam as follows:

- In case of occupational diseases and intoxication, the emergency treatment record is required.

- The emergency treatment record shall be made using the Annex 3 attached to Circular 19/2016/TT-BYT and shall be kept at the workplace under current regulations of laws.

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