9:40: The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor honored and rewarded collectives and individuals at the launching ceremony of Workers' Month and the Month of March on occupational safety and health in 2025.
9:30: Ms. Ninh Thi Loan - a worker at Hanoi Urban Environment One Member Limited Liability Company (Urenco): Workers' Month and Labor Safety and Hygiene Action Month are a reminder of the importance of ensuring occupational safety and hygiene
Ms. Loan expressed her honor to represent nearly 5,000 Urenco workers in giving a speech in response to Workers' Month - Month of action on Occupational Safety and Hygiene in 2025.
Workers' Month, Peak Month for Labor Safety and Hygiene action has great significance for direct workers. With the nature of a heavy, toxic job, prone to occupational accidents during work, Urenco workers are fully aware that ensuring occupational safety and hygiene is the responsibility and obligation of both employees, employers and the whole society.
While talking about this topic here, I was moved and reminisced about the sad story because just 5 days ago, a colleague of ours, 53 years old, unfortunately had an accident on the main road of his daily work at midnight and she had passed away, because a young man had drunk alcohol and did not have a driver's license and crashed in person, Ms. Loan said emotionally.
According to Ms. Loan, the month of workers and the month of action on occupational safety and hygiene are the reminder of the importance of ensuring safety, hygiene and labor, about the right to work in a safe and healthy environment. This is also an opportunity for each employee to show the spirit of solidarity, creativity and dedication to the job, contributing to building the increasingly rich, civilized and happy units, businesses and countries.
Responding to the spirit of today's launching ceremony, Ms. Loan, on behalf of the workers, pledged and determined to do well in some of the following contents:
First, strictly comply with regulations and rules on occupational safety, hygiene - fire prevention. Responsible for using and maintaining equipped personal protective equipment and safety equipment at the workplace, contributing to minimizing occupational accidents and diseases.
Second, increase learning, creativity, and apply improvement solutions in work to improve labor efficiency and product quality.
Third, actively participate in activities organized by trade unions and enterprises such as training and coaching on occupational safety and hygiene, occupational safety and hygiene competitions for good workers or emulation movements for good workers and creative workers.
Fourth, unite and support each other to successfully complete all assigned tasks, together spreading the spirit of "Vietnamese workers pioneering in entering a new era", building the image of a modern, dynamic and innovative worker.
9:25: Deputy General Director of Hoang Ngoc Trung Oil and Gas exploration and Production Corporation speaking.
Mr. Trung said that the Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (PVEP) is a 100% capital member of the Vietnam National Industry - Energy Group with the main function of carrying out oil and gas exploration and exploitation activities. PVEP currently has an area of operation from inland to offshore with 29 domestic projects in the sea and continental shelf of Vietnam and 2 overseas projects with a human resource of up to more than 1,300 workers, excluding foreign workers in joint ventures with foreign partners.
At enterprises, activities to care for and protect workers' rights and promote the role of the working class are well implemented by the Trade Union in coordination with employers.
According to Mr. Hoang Ngoc Trung, in recent years, despite facing many difficulties and challenges, the environmental characteristics of project implementation have many potential risks.
However, with the system of policies, safety processes, incident rescue and management solutions, risk control that PVEP has built and applied in a strict and methodical manner, 100% of the employees are trained in occupational safety and hygiene and fully equipped labor protection, PVEP has experienced tens of millions of safe labor hours without any serious incidents, contributing to any production and business. Salary, income and welfare regimes for employees are guaranteed and improved each year.
During the historic May months with many major national holidays: the 50th anniversary of the country's reunification, 139 years of International Labor Day and 135 years of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday; Responding to Workers' Month and Labor Safety and Hygiene Action Month in 2025, jointly organized by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and the Central Steering Committee for Labor Safety and Hygiene Action Month, the Petroleum Exploitation and Exploitation Corporation committed to:
Continue to pay attention to, proactively and synchronously implement more drastically solutions for the safety and health of staff and workers. Promote the implementation of specific and practical action programs with the participation and support of leaders - Officers - Workers and employees throughout the Corporation.
Constantly reviewing and completing the management records and raising workers' awareness of OSH - Fire and explosion prevention and fighting at each project, oil and gas works as well as the apparatus of the operating agency. Promote research and application of science and technology in controlling dangerous and harmful factors at work, preventing labor accidents and occupational diseases.
Continuing to improve operating management processes in the direction of safety - professional - efficiency - cooperation - responsibility. Continue to organize innovation emulation movements, initiative - donation ideas; Create a favorable environment for workers to quickly adapt to the 4th industrial revolution and proactively apply the advances of science and technology in production and business activities. Enhancing dialogue, connection and constantly improving material and spiritual life for workers. Honor and promote the highest role, mission and contribution of workers and employees in the enterprise.
9:15: Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh - Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Government Party Committee, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister - gave a speech at the ceremony.
Important event to honor tireless contributions of workers
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister said that during the process of building, defending the country and developing the country, the working class was always an important force of the cause of industrialization and modernization, a driving force for the sustainable development economy. It is the persistent dedication, intelligence and labor of workers that have contributed to the proud achievements of Vietnam. Each tear, every work of the brothers and sisters of workers contributes to the renovation and development of the country, helping our country to have the mechanical, potential, position and international reputation as today.
In the current context, the strong development of science and technology, especially the 4.0 Industrial Revolution and the global digitalization trend, are both an opportunity and a big challenge, requiring the Vietnamese working class to constantly innovate, create, develop digital skills, improve labor productivity, and maintain its pioneering role in the country's socio-economic development.
Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh affirmed that developing the working class, promoting vocational training, supporting workers to improve their skills is a consistent policy of our Party and State with many specific mechanisms, policies, and solutions; thereby promoting the transformation of economic structure and labor structure, while creating opportunities and favorable conditions for workers to participate in new industries, especially in fields related to digital technology and artificial intelligence. All levels, sectors and localities are striving to achieve the set strategic goal of ensuring that all workers have development opportunities, are fully equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to keep up with global development trends.
According to the Standing Deputy Prime Minister of the Government, this year's working month with the theme "Vietnamese workers pioneering in the new era" is an opportunity for us to honor the value of labor, arouse the creative spirit and responsibility of workers in the construction of the country of Hung Cuong, prosperous and people who have a prosperous and happy life. At the same time, we start the month of action on occupational safety and sanitation with the theme "Strengthening the evaluation, identification of risks and proactive measures to ensure safety and hygiene at the workplace" to emphasize the policy of the Party, the State and the determination of the entire political system in protecting the health, life and interests of workers, respect for human rights and citizens.
“I highly appreciate the initiative combining the implementation of the contents and activities of the month and the month of action on occupational safety and hygiene. This is a perfect combination event between honoring and protecting workers, creating a strong resonance, both promoting the central role and subject of the working class in production labor and creating a safe working environment; at the same time, the support of the company's ownership, the support of the company's ownership, the support of the system of the system of the system The working conditions are better and better for workers. In it, I suggest that every business must really consider workers as the most valuable asset; each grassroots trade union must really be a reliable "companion", protecting rights and legitimate interests for trade union members.
With the goal of growth at least 8% in 2025, creating momentum, creating the position and force for the country to grow two numbers in the following years, on behalf of the Party and the State leaders, Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh suggested that the Party committees, authorities, agencies and units from the central to local levels, trade unions, business communities and all trade union members, laborers to take care of the international labor force, to be better in the international labor force, to take care of the international labor, to take care of the international labor, to take care of the international labor, to take care of the international labor, to take care of the international labor, to take care of the international labor, to take care of the international labor, to take care of the international labor force, to develop the international labor force, to be better in the international labor force, to take care of the international labor force, to develop the international labor force, to be better at the international labor force. and protect the legitimate and legitimate rights and interests of workers. In which focused on some of the following focus:
Continue to raise awareness and responsibility for the whole society, especially employers and workers for occupational safety and sanitation. Enterprises need to actively evaluate and identify risks at work, invest in safety technology and strictly comply with the law on labor safety discipline. Employees need to comply with the process and actively participate in training programs, training on occupational safety and hygiene.
Promote training, improve skills for workers, especially digital skills and the ability to adapt to new technology. Workers should constantly study, be creative, actively participate in the "digital education" movement, master technology to become "pioneering soldiers" in the digital age and artificial intelligence.
Strengthen the role of the Trade Union organization in caring for the lives and protecting the legitimate rights of workers. Further improve the effectiveness of dialogue and collective bargaining, especially issues of wages, ensuring occupational safety and hygiene, improving working conditions, working hours, rest time, health care, etc.
It can be said that the safety of workers is a measure of the effectiveness of the trade union organization.
Trade unions need to continue to coordinate more closely with all levels, sectors, localities, and business owners in caring for and protecting workers' rights; focus on the work of inspecting and supervising the implementation of policies and regimes for workers. Grassroots trade union officials must take the lead in the creative labor emulation movement, contributing to building harmonious, stable and progressive labor relations.
State management agencies from the central to local levels will strengthen guidance, inspection and examination of compliance with laws on occupational safety and hygiene, focus on assessing the working environment, especially in places with arduous, toxic and dangerous working conditions; promptly take measures to prevent and improve working conditions, ensure the rights of workers; strive to reduce the rate of occupational accidents and diseases; in which this May must be lower than the average of previous years.
The Permanent Deputy Prime Minister said that Workers' Month and the Month of Action on Occupational Safety and Hygiene are an opportunity to jointly honor labor achievements, raise awareness of labor safety, and commit to continue to accompany for a sustainable future, because the Vietnamese working class is a pioneer in entering a new era. Activities towards workers, for workers, are not only during Workers' Month, but must be persistent, regular, anytime, anywhere.
“The Party and the State will continue to promote the completion of legal mechanisms and policies and create the best conditions for the working class and workers to promote intelligence, strength, arouse all potentials, contribute more to the cause of building and developing the country. We want and believe that, with the spirit of solidarity, jointly, unanimous, strong and strong, the working class will continue to rise to the working class. As a pioneer in contributing to the rapid and sustainable development of the country, as their father in these days 50 years ago had bravely entered Saigon and liberated the South.
8:55: Submitting an overview report on Workers' Month and occupational safety and hygiene work in 2024, with a vision to 2025.
8:47 am: Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang - Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor - delivered the opening speech and launched the Program.
An opportunity for the working class across the country to review the tradition of fighting, building and defending the Fatherland
The Chairman of the VGCL said: "Every May is a month of special significance for each official, union members and workers when there is an International Labor Day 1/5 - the festival of the working class and working people around the world, affirming the historical mission, position and role of the working class in the struggle for peace, national independence and social progress.
In particular, since 2012, the Central Party Secretariat has decided to take May every year as Workers' Month and in 2016, the Prime Minister issued a decision to take May as "month of Action on Occupational Safety and Hygiene". Since then, May has become a peak month for organizing activities to care for union members and workers in all aspects, both materially, spiritually, safely and healthily, receiving deep attention from Party committees at all levels, authorities, employers, the response of many union members and workers, and having a positive impact on the whole society.
The launching ceremony of "Worker Month" and "Month of Action for Safety and Hygiene" annually has become an important event for leaders of the Party committees, authorities at all levels, agencies, units, businesses, trade unions and the whole society to enhance the protection of legal rights, legitimate and legitimate interests for workers, laborers, and the union of the Party, and the union of the Party, the union of the Party Committee, the union of the Party Committee, the Party Committee, the union of the Union, the Union of the Party This is evidenced by a series of meaningful activities that takes place today and in the following days of this May. This year's launching ceremony is more meaningful when taking place at a time of historical significance, the whole Party, the entire people and the whole army are organizing activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic victory of April 30, the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country. This is an opportunity for the working class and workers nationwide to review the tradition of fighting, building and defending the Fatherland; Let's review the glorious tradition and important contributions of the workers and workers in the overall revolutionary achievements of the country.
Quan triet chu de Thang Cong nhan va Thang hanh dong ve An toan, ve sinh lao dong nam nay: “Cong nhan Viet Nam tien phong buoc vao ky nguyen moi” va “Tang cuong danh gia, nhan dien nguy co, rui ro va chu dong trien khai cac bien phap bao dam an toan, ve sinh lao dong tai noi lam viec”, cac cap, cac nganh, cac doanh nghiep phoi hop voi to chuc Cong doan va thanh vien cua Ban chi dao cac cap to chuc tot cac hoat dong Thang Cong nhan va Thang hanh dong ve An toan, ve sinh lao dynamic.
In the speech, the Chairman of the VGCL suggested that workers, officials and employees promote the intelligence, responsibility, innovation, creativity, constantly rising, voluntarily learning to improve education and professional skills to adapt to the technology revolution, to innovate creativity and digital transformation; Working with high discipline, better productivity and quality, and actively participating in ensuring occupational safety and sanitation, contributing to the completion of the goals and tasks of the units and businesses, making positive contributions to the completion of socio -economic development tasks in 2025 and the following years.
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor hopes that businesses will continue to value and pay attention to investing in human resource development, sharing the results with workers to nurture valuable capital, a pioneering force, directly in the cause of industrialization, modernization of the country and international integration.
"We believe that, with the spirit of solidarity, responsibility and creativity of union members, workers and trade unions, the leadership and coordination of the Party committees, the government, the coordination and consensus of the employer, the month of workers and the month of action on occupational safety and sanitation in 2025 will continue to achieve more brilliant and successful results."
In that spirit, on behalf of the Central Steering Committee for the Month of Action on Labor Safety and Hygiene and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Dinh Khang officially launched the Workers' Month, the Month of Action on Labor Safety and Hygiene in 2025.
8:45: Attending the launching ceremony of the month of workers and the month of action on occupational safety and hygiene in 2025 were: Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh - Member of the Politburo, Permanent Secretary of the Government Party Committee, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister of the Government; Ms. Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Minister of Home Affairs; Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of VGCL; Ms. Nguyen Thuy Anh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Policy and Strategy Department; Mr. Nguyen Lam, Deputy Head of Propaganda Department - Central Mobilization.
Attending the ceremony, there were also the participation of Deputy Head of Steering Committee of Action on Central Occupational Safety and Hygiene: Mr. Le Van Thanh, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Standing Deputy Head of Steering Committee of the Central Action Steering Committee on the Central Labor Safety and Hygiene; Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien Huong, Deputy Minister of Health, Deputy Head of Steering Committee of the Month of Action on Safety and Hygiene of the Central Labor.
The ceremony was also attended by: Mr. Do Ngoc Huynh, Vice Chairman of the Government Office; Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Huong, Vice Chairman of the Central Vietnam Women's Union; Mr. Ngo Duy Hieu - Vice Chairman of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hung, Vice Chairman of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dinh, Vice Chairman of the Central Vietnam Farmers Association; Mr. Ngo Van Cuong, Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union; Mr. Dinh Hong Thai, Vice Chairman of Vietnam Cooperative Union; Major General Do Anh Tuan, Deputy Chairman of the General Department of Logistics - Technical Ministry of Defense; Ingrid Christensen, director of the International Labor Organization Office in Vietnam.
8:20: Ms. Do Thi Thu Huyen - a worker at Hanoi Urban Environment One Member Co., Ltd. (Urenco), Hoan Kiem branch - attended the Launching Ceremony early in the morning.
According to Ms. Huyen, she and 14 colleagues at the branch attended today's launching ceremony, out of a total of 50 workers of Urenco. Normally, the schedule for the ladies on Saturday morning is general cleaning in the whole district. This morning, Ms. Huyen and her colleagues attended the Launching Ceremony right after the night shift.
This is not my first time attending the launching ceremony, but every year my emotions are excited, excited, and eager. We feel the attention of ministries, branches and agencies for occupational safety and hygiene. This work is even more precious to us, our very special work, said Ms. Huyen.
* The event took place at the Vietnam - Russia Friendship Labor Cultural Palace.
Attending will be representatives of the Party, State, central and local ministries and branches; Provincial and municipal Labor Federations, Central Industry Trade Unions, General Corporation Trade Unions under the General Confederation, workers, civil servants, workers in the Hanoi urban environmental sector...
According to the program, before the launching ceremony of Workers' Month and March on occupational safety and health in 2025, there will be an overview reportcast on Workers' Month and occupational safety and health in 2024, with a vision to 2025.
At the Launching Ceremony, there were responses from business representatives and labor representatives...
Founded in 2012 according to the Conclusion of the Central Party Secretariat, up to now, Workers' Month has been implemented for 13 years with continuous innovation and has become a symbol of practical care and honor for workers.
In 2025, Workers' Month has the theme "Vietnamese workers pioneering in entering a new era" and the Month of action on occupational safety and hygiene has the theme "Strengthening assessment, identification of risks and risks and proactively implementing measures to ensure occupational safety and hygiene at the workplace".
During Workers' Month and Labor Safety and Hygiene Action Month, the Trade Union strives to have 55% or more of grassroots trade unions in all types of enterprises have at least 01 activity in response to Workers' Month in 2025; have 35% or more of grassroots trade unions of administrative agencies and public service units have at least 01 activity in response to Workers' Month in 2025. There are 6 key programs and activities including: "Creative workers, firmly entering the new era"; "May Dialogue"; "Thank you to workers"; Organizing the Peak Month for developing union members, establishing grassroots unions; introducing the development of workers' party members; "Propaganda, raising awareness of union members and workers"...
The activities during Workers' Month not only once again demonstrate the role and responsibility of the entire political system towards union members and workers, but also affirm that Vietnamese workers will continue to be the core force to make the country strongly rise in the new era: the era of sustainable, civilized, prosperous and happy accelerated development.
