Occupational safety and health is such a major and important socio-economic
policy for sustainable development and human protection that the Party and State
give it constant attention. In the first days of the country’s foundation, President
Ho Chi Minh issued Ordinance No 29/SL dated 13/3/1947 which included basic
points of occupational safety and health, work and rest time. These have been
revised and supplemented over the subsequent years. The top leaders of the Party
and the State have also continuously paid due attention to the topic, and recalled
and stressed the importance of implementation of labour protection and
occupational safety and health.