farmers have participated and over 40,000 improvements Moving forward
have been made. The WIND programme was expanded
to 13 more provinces at the end of 2008. Participatory work-improvement programmes, such
as the WIND and the WISE, are new approaches for
Likewise, the WISE programme was received positively. providing practical services to farmers and workers in
Within one and half months of its introduction, a total SMEs. The participating farmers and workers generate
of 216 improvement examples were developed by 32 many low-cost improvement ideas that are easy to
participating enterprises in five provinces. Anecdotal apply because they rely on available materials. Both the
evidence from a participating mining company in Thai WIND and the WISE were integrated into the first
Nguyen province indicates that the OSH improvements National OSH Programme of Viet Nam (2006–2010)
made raised labour productivity by some 21 per cent. and are being used to reach more workplaces through
Table 12 provides a summary of the WISE experience. the government, workers and employers networks.
Table 12: Summary of performance of companies in the WISE programme
Province Number of Number of Number of improvements
participating companies improvements registered completed (after 1.5 months)
Bac Kan 6 26 105
Thanh Hoa 6 60 60
Lang Son 6 16 23
Hai Duong 8 36 18
Thai Nguyen 6 12 10
Total 32 150 216