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PART 1: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH FOR SPECIFIC JOBS IN THE MILITARY SECTOR

CHAPTER I: LEGAL BASES FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE MILITARY SECTOR

• Pursuant to the Law on Occupational Safety and Health dated June 25, 2015;
• Pursuant to Decree No. 37/2016/ND-CP dated May 15, 2016, of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Occupational Safety and Health regarding compulsory occupational accident and disease insurance;
• Pursuant to Decree No. 39/2016/ND-CP dated May 15, 2016, of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Occupational Safety and Health;
• Pursuant to Decree No. 44/2016/ND-CP dated May 15, 2016, of the Government detailing a number of articles of the Law on Occupational Safety and Health regarding technical safety inspection, occupational safety and health training, and labor environment monitoring;
• Pursuant to Decree No. 35/2013/ND-CP dated April 22, 2013, of the Government defining the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of National Defense;
• Pursuant to Circular No. 142/TT-BQP dated May 29, 2017, of the Ministry of National Defense defining the functions, tasks, and powers of agencies and units performing occupational safety and health work in the Ministry of National Defense;
• Pursuant to Circular No. 20/2016/TT-BLDTBXH dated June 28, 2016, of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs issuing the list of heavy, hazardous, and dangerous occupations and jobs in the Army;
• Pursuant to Circular No. 36/2019/TT-BLDTBXH dated December 30, 2019, of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs issuing the list of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements on occupational safety and health.

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CHAPTER II: GENERAL PROVISIONS

I. Content of Occupational Safety and Health in Military Safety Documents

1. Developing legal normative documents, procedures, standards, regulations, and programs on occupational safety and health, and applying them in accordance with the specific characteristics of military activities in the Ministry of National Defense. Performing state management of occupational safety and health within the Ministry of National Defense in accordance with the law.
2. Researching and applying science and technology in occupational safety and health to prevent dangerous and harmful factors; improving working conditions, and minimizing occupational accidents and diseases for labor activities within the Ministry of National Defense.
3. Informing, propagating, educating, and training on occupational safety and health, and mobilizing mass organizations to participate in occupational safety and health work.
4. Inspecting and examining the observance of laws, regulations, procedures, standards of the State and the Ministry of National Defense on occupational safety and health, fire prevention and fighting, occupational accidents, occupational diseases, and labor protection regimes at units within the Ministry of National Defense.

II. Management of Occupational Safety and Health in Military Safety Documents

1. The General Department of Engineering advises the Minister of National Defense on performing the state management function of occupational safety and health within the Ministry of National Defense in accordance with the law.
2. The technical agency or the agency assigned to manage occupational safety and health at units directly under the Ministry of National Defense advises the commanding officer on managing and directing the implementation of occupational safety and health for subordinate units in accordance with the law and regulations of the Ministry of National Defense; and is subject to the management, direction, and guidance of the higher-level professional agency.
3. The technical agency or the agency assigned to manage occupational safety and health at grassroots agencies, units, and enterprises manages and implements occupational safety and health work at the unit in accordance with the law, the Ministry of National Defense, and the direction and guidance of the higher-level professional agency.

III. Organization of the Occupational Safety and Protection Agency in the Ministry of National Defense in Military Safety Documents

• At the Ministry of National Defense level:
  • The management agency is the Occupational Safety and Protection Agency of the Ministry of National Defense (Army’s Occupational Safety and Protection Office);
  • The inspection facility is the Army Technical Safety Inspection Center.
• At units directly under the Ministry of National Defense:
  • The General Department of Logistics, the General Department of Defense Industry, and the Ordnance Department/General Department of Engineering have a Committee for Occupational Safety and Protection;
  • Military regions, services, army corps, arms, the Border Guard Command, the Hanoi Capital Command, the Coast Guard Command, the General Staff, the General Political Department, General Department II, the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Protection Command, and the Department of Standards, Metrology, and Quality have a Full-time Assistant for occupational safety and protection;
  • The remaining units directly under the Ministry of National Defense and the Vehicle-Machine Department, the Armament Engineering Department/General Department of Engineering have a Part-time Assistant for occupational safety and protection.
• At grassroots units:
  • At ammunition depots, technical equipment and weapons depots, fuel depots, and factories producing and repairing level I ammunition and technical equipment, there is a Full-time Assistant for occupational safety and protection;
  • At ammunition depots, technical equipment and weapons depots, fuel depots, level II technical equipment repair workshops, level I logistics depots, Provincial Military Commands, Provincial Border Guard Commands, division-level, brigade-level, regiment-level units and equivalents, academies, schools, hospitals, research institutes under units directly attached to the Ministry of National Defense, and independent testing facilities, there is a Part-time Assistant for occupational safety and protection.

• Production and business units, based on their specific conditions, shall organize a Department (or Committee) for occupational safety and protection, full-time officers, or part-time officers for occupational safety and protection, but must ensure the following minimum levels:
  • For production and business establishments operating in the fields of mining, coke production, refined petroleum product manufacturing, chemical production, metal and metal product manufacturing, non-metallic mineral product manufacturing, construction work, shipbuilding and repair, electricity production, transmission, and distribution, the employer must organize an occupational safety and protection department that meets the following minimum requirements:
    • Establishments using fewer than 50 employees must arrange at least 01 person to work part-time on occupational safety and protection;
    • Establishments using from 50 to under 300 employees must arrange at least 01 person to work full-time on occupational safety and protection;
    • Establishments using from 300 to under 1,000 employees must arrange at least 02 people to work full-time on occupational safety and protection;
    • Establishments using over 1,000 employees must establish an occupational safety and protection department or arrange at least 03 people to work full-time on occupational safety and protection.
  • For production and business establishments operating in fields other than those specified in Point a, Clause 4 of this Article, the employer must organize an occupational safety and protection department at the establishment that meets the following minimum requirements:
    • Establishments using fewer than 300 employees must arrange at least 01 person to work part-time on occupational safety and protection;
    • Establishments using from 300 to under 1,000 employees must arrange at least 01 person to work full-time on occupational safety and protection;
    • Establishments using over 1,000 employees must establish an occupational safety and protection department or arrange at least 2 people to work full-time on occupational safety and protection.
  • For companies established, organized, managed, and operating in accordance with the Law on Enterprises, this is determined for each enterprise. In the case of a General Corporation, Economic Group, or equivalent, there must be a Department (Committee) for occupational safety and protection or at least 01 full-time officer for occupational safety and protection.

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CHAPTER III: FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS OF AGENCIES AND UNITS IMPLEMENTING OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

I. Functions, Duties, and Powers of the Occupational Safety and Protection Agency of the Ministry of National Defense (Army’s Occupational Safety and Protection Office)

1. Functions:
   • To advise the Head of the General Department of Engineering to assist the Minister of National Defense in performing the state management function of occupational safety and health within the Ministry of National Defense; to organize, manage, direct, guide, inspect, examine, and urge the implementation of all aspects of occupational safety and health work throughout the army in accordance with the law and the Ministry of National Defense.
2. Duties and Powers:
   • To propose to the Head of the General Department of Engineering for submission to the Minister of National Defense policies, measures, and short-term, medium-term, and long-term programs and plans on occupational safety and health within the Ministry of National Defense and to organize their implementation as prescribed;
   • To develop and report to the Head of the General Department of Engineering for submission to the Minister of National Defense for promulgation legal normative documents and administrative documents to direct and manage occupational safety, health, and fire prevention work; a list of military-specific machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety, and to organize their implementation as prescribed;
   • To propose research and application of science and technology in labor protection to prevent dangerous and harmful factors; to improve working conditions to minimize occupational accidents and diseases in production, operation, and management of weapons and technical equipment at military units;
   • To organize investigations of serious occupational accidents and fire incidents as prescribed by the Ministry of National Defense; to periodically summarize, analyze, and disseminate lessons learned throughout the army on the situation of occupational accidents and fire incidents, and to direct preventive and mitigation solutions;
   • To direct and guide agencies and units to implement occupational safety and health work, and to equip personal protective equipment; fire and explosion prevention and fighting, electrical safety, and lightning protection at technical facilities; registration and technical safety inspection of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety; training and propaganda on occupational safety and health; declaration, investigation, statistics, and reporting of occupational accidents and fire incidents;
   • To preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to identify a list of heavy, hazardous, and dangerous occupations and jobs; a list of occupational diseases in the military sector to be submitted to competent authorities for approval and to organize implementation;
   • To organize inspections of compliance with legal regulations on labor; occupational safety and health; fire prevention and fighting; labor protection for units within the Ministry of National Defense (including foreign organizations and individuals employing labor or directly working in the Ministry of National Defense). To decide to temporarily suspend the use of machinery, equipment, and workplaces that pose a risk of causing unsafety, occupational accidents, or serious pollution of the working environment, and to report to functional agencies and competent authorities for handling. To participate in delegations led by the Inspectorate of the Ministry of National Defense to implement specialized content on occupational safety and health;
   • To coordinate with functional agencies to inspect and examine the implementation of occupational safety, health, and the working environment. To appraise technical safety; to appraise, in accordance with the law and the Ministry of National Defense, compliance with technical safety standards and regulations, occupational safety solutions, economic and technical feasibility studies, and design projects for new construction or expansion, and renovation of facilities for production, operation, use, storage, and preservation of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety;
   • To handle or recommend that competent authorities handle violations of the law on occupational safety and health and labor protection according to the decentralization of the Ministry of National Defense; to review and submit to competent authorities for resolution disputes and complaints about violations of regulations on occupational safety and health and labor protection. To recommend to competent authorities the development, amendment, and supplementation of regimes, policies, and laws on occupational accidents and diseases;
   • To manage the technical safety inspection of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety within the Ministry of National Defense in accordance with the law and the Ministry of National Defense. To direct the Army Technical Safety Inspection Center to perform technical safety inspections of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety and other tasks according to its assigned functions and duties;
   • To synthesize and propose the allocation of the operational budget for labor protection and personal protective equipment for labor at units under the Ministry of National Defense and to organize implementation upon approval;
   • To manage occupational safety and health training within the Ministry of National Defense. To organize training, coaching, and professional development on occupational safety and health for officers and employees working in occupational safety and health; to conduct preliminary and final reviews of all aspects of occupational safety and health work; to propose and submit to agencies and competent authorities for commendation on occupational safety and labor protection for units throughout the army;
   • To advise and assist the Head of the General Department of Engineering and the Minister of National Defense in working with state agencies, units, and international organizations on occupational safety and health in general and military-specific occupational safety and health in particular;
   • To perform other tasks assigned by the Minister of National Defense and the Head of the General Department of Engineering.

II. Functions, Duties, and Powers of the Occupational Safety and Protection Agencies of Units Directly Under the Ministry of National Defense

1. Functions:
   1. To advise the unit commander on implementing occupational safety and health work; to organize inspections and urge the implementation of occupational safety and health contents within the scope of management in accordance with the law and the Ministry of National Defense.
2. Duties and Powers:
   • To preside over proposing to the commanding officer policies, measures, programs, and plans for the unit’s occupational safety and health work and to organize their implementation upon approval by competent authorities;
   • To coordinate with relevant functional agencies and higher-level professional agencies in developing documents to direct and guide occupational safety, health, and fire prevention; a list of military-specific machinery, equipment, and materials with strict requirements for occupational safety; to propose a list of heavy, hazardous, and dangerous occupations and jobs; a list of occupational diseases in the military sector;
   • To propose research and application of science and technology in labor protection to prevent dangerous and harmful factors; to improve working conditions to minimize occupational accidents and diseases in labor, operation, management of weapons and technical equipment at the unit;
   • To participate in investigations of occupational accidents and technical incidents as prescribed by the Ministry of National Defense; to periodically summarize and report to the Ministry of National Defense (through the General Department of Engineering) the situation of occupational accidents and fire incidents, and to propose preventive and mitigation solutions;
   • To direct and guide agencies and units to implement occupational safety and health work, and to equip personal protective equipment; fire and explosion prevention and fighting, electrical safety, and lightning protection at technical facilities; registration and technical safety inspection of machinery, equipment, and materials with strict requirements for occupational safety; training and propaganda on occupational safety and health; declaration, investigation, statistics, and reporting of occupational accidents and fire incidents;
   • To coordinate with higher-level professional agencies and relevant functional agencies to assist the unit commander in organizing inspections and examinations of compliance with the provisions of the Labor Code and the regulations of the Ministry of National Defense on occupational safety and health, fire prevention and fighting, and labor protection for units within the scope of management. To propose the temporary suspension of the use of machinery, equipment, and workplaces that pose a risk of causing unsafety, occupational accidents, or serious pollution of the working environment, and to report to functional agencies and competent authorities for handling;
   • To participate in the appraisal of technical safety; to supervise, in accordance with the law and the Ministry of National Defense, compliance with technical safety standards, and occupational safety solutions in facilities, economic and technical feasibility studies, and design projects for new construction or expansion, and renovation of facilities for production, operation, use, storage, and preservation of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety within the scope of management;
   • To recommend that competent authorities handle violations of the law on occupational safety and health and labor protection according to the decentralization of the Ministry of National Defense; to review and propose to competent authorities for resolution disputes and complaints about violations of regulations on occupational safety, health, and labor protection and construction;
   • To coordinate with the Army Technical Safety Inspection Center and State inspection centers (as authorized by the Occupational Safety and Protection Agency of the Ministry of National Defense) to perform technical safety inspections of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety; to manage and monitor registration and inspection work as prescribed;
   • To organize training and professional development to improve the professional qualifications for officers and employees working in occupational safety and health within the Ministry of National Defense. To conduct preliminary and final reviews of occupational safety and health work throughout the army and report to higher-level professional agencies as prescribed. To synthesize and propose to agencies and competent authorities for commendation units and individuals with outstanding achievements in occupational safety, health, and fire prevention and fighting;
   • To perform other tasks assigned by the commander of the unit directly under the Ministry of National Defense.

III. Functions, Duties, and Powers of the Army Technical Safety Inspection Center

1. Functions:
   • The Army Technical Safety Inspection Center is part of the state’s system of technical safety inspection centers, is a grassroots unit under the General Department of Engineering, and has the function of inspecting machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety within the Ministry of National Defense.
2. Duties and Powers:
   • To develop short-term, medium-term, and long-term action programs and objectives for technical safety inspection; annual work plans, reporting to the Army’s Occupational Safety and Protection Office for submission to the Head of the General Department of Engineering for approval and implementation;
   • To organize technical safety inspections of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety; to inspect fire prevention and fighting equipment and means, electrical equipment, explosion-proof electrical equipment, and electromagnetic field equipment; specific industrial, construction, and military equipment; personal protective equipment and means;
   • To conduct customs clearance inspections for the export and import of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety; to participate in the socialization of inspection of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety in accordance with the law and the Ministry of National Defense;
   • To appraise safety measures in projects, schemes, designs, new construction, and renovations that use objects with strict requirements for occupational safety;
   • To inspect measuring instruments as decentralized within the Ministry of National Defense and as authorized by the State. To consult on and appraise technical safety; to test to determine the quantity and quality of various materials, products, and structures of the inspection objects;
   • To conduct technical inspections to determine the cause of incidents and occupational accidents caused by objects with strict requirements for occupational safety at the request of competent authorities;
   • To train, coach, and provide professional development for officers working in occupational safety, health, and labor protection, and inspectors; to train safety officers, inspection technicians, and operators of machinery and equipment with strict requirements for occupational safety as prescribed by law and the Ministry of National Defense;
   • To test to determine the quantity and quality of various materials, products, and structures of the inspection objects;
   • To research or participate in scientific and technical research on labor protection in the production, operation, and management of weapons and technical equipment at units under the Ministry of National Defense;
   • To request units to report the quantity and quality of inspection objects, provide relevant records and documents, ensure all elements for inspection are met, and rectify any safety risks discovered during the inspection. To report to the Occupational Safety and Protection Agency of the Ministry of National Defense to take timely preventive measures when machinery, equipment, or substances with a risk of causing incidents and occupational accidents are detected;
   • To refuse technical safety inspection when machinery, equipment, materials, or substances do not meet the conditions for inspection;
   • To implement professional work regimes; to organize preliminary and final reviews of technical safety inspection work and report as prescribed; to build a comprehensively strong Army Technical Safety Inspection Center;
   • To perform other tasks assigned by the Staff Department/General Department of Engineering.

IV. Responsibilities, Duties, and Powers of Occupational Safety and Protection Officers at Grassroots Units

1. Responsibilities:
   • Full-time or part-time officers working in occupational safety and protection at enterprises, division-level, regiment-level grassroots units, and equivalents are under the management of the unit commander and the direction of the higher-level professional agency; they advise the unit commander on implementing the contents of occupational safety and health work in the unit in accordance with the law and the Ministry of National Defense.
2. Duties and Powers:
   • To advise and propose to the commanding officer:
     • To develop rules and regulations for managing occupational safety and health within the unit; to develop an annual occupational safety and health plan for the commander’s approval and to organize its implementation;
     • To develop safety procedures and measures; to manage and monitor the registration and technical safety inspection of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety as prescribed;
     • To propose and urge the implementation of activities to propagate and disseminate legal normative documents on occupational safety, health, and fire prevention to military personnel and employees;
     • To organize training on occupational safety and health for employees according to decentralization; to coordinate in organizing inspections of the working environment and food safety and hygiene (for units organizing industrial meals);
     • To monitor the situation of injuries and diseases arising from occupations; to propose to the unit commander measures to manage and care for the health of employees;

• • To participate in inspection teams for compliance with regulations on occupational safety and health; fire prevention and fighting as prescribed in this Circular. To organize inspections at least once a month for departments performing heavy, hazardous, and dangerous work; after inspection, to propose to the unit commander measures to overcome shortcomings;
  • To participate in the investigation, synthesis, statistics, and reporting of the situation of occupational accidents and technical incidents as prescribed by the Ministry of National Defense and the guidance of the higher-level professional agency;
  • To conduct preliminary and final reviews of the implementation of the occupational safety and health plan; to participate in giving opinions on the field of occupational safety and health at meetings to develop work plans, in the preparation and approval of design projects, construction, acceptance, and putting into use of houses, workshops, stations, machinery, equipment, and materials with strict requirements for occupational safety;
  • To synthesize and propose to the unit commander timely solutions to proposals and recommendations from inspection teams, subordinate units, or employees regarding occupational safety and health;
  • To make a record of violations of occupational safety and health, and to recommend to the commanding officer the handling of collectives and individuals who violate or do not comply with regulations on occupational safety and health;
  • To implement the reporting regime on occupational safety and health work;
  • In case of detecting a violation of occupational safety regulations or risks of occupational accidents, they have the right to temporarily suspend the work (in an emergency) or request the person in charge to issue an order to suspend the work to implement measures to ensure occupational safety, and at the same time report to the unit commander; they have the right to suspend the operation of machinery and equipment that are not safe or have expired.

V. Safety and Health Officers in Military Safety Documents

1. Network of Safety and Health Officers:
   • A network of safety and health officers is organized in grassroots units directly involved in labor and production. Each team, shift, or production group must have at least one full-time or part-time safety and health officer;
   • Safety and health officers are direct employees who are knowledgeable in their profession and in occupational safety and health techniques; they are voluntary and exemplary in complying with occupational safety and health regulations and are elected by the employees in the team;
   • The unit commander is responsible for issuing a decision to establish the network of safety and health officers and for promulgating the operating regulations of the network, after agreeing with the grassroots trade union executive committee, or the military council, or the organization representing the employees;
   • The unit commander is responsible for coordinating with the grassroots trade union executive committee, or the military council, or the organization representing the employees to create conditions for the network of safety and health officers to operate, as well as providing material and moral encouragement for the network to operate effectively;
   • Safety and health officers operate under the management and guidance of the grassroots trade union executive committee, or the military council, or the organization representing the employees, based on the operating regulations of the network of safety and health officers.
2. Safety and health officers have the following responsibilities and obligations:
   • To urge, remind, and guide everyone in the team, squad, and workshop to strictly comply with regulations on occupational safety and health, and to maintain safety equipment and personal protective equipment; to remind the team leader, squad leader, and workshop manager to comply with regulations on occupational safety and health;
   • To supervise the implementation of standards, regulations, procedures, and rules on occupational safety and health, and to detect shortcomings and violations of occupational safety and health, and cases of unsafety and unhygienic conditions of machinery, equipment, materials, substances, and workplaces;
   • To participate in the development of the occupational safety and health plan; to participate in guiding safe working measures for new employees in the team;
   • To recommend to the team leader or higher levels the full implementation of labor protection regimes, measures to ensure occupational safety and health, and the timely correction of unsafe and unhygienic conditions of machinery, equipment, materials, substances, and workplaces;
   • To report to the trade union organization, or the military council, or the organization representing the employees, or the labor inspector when detecting violations of occupational safety and health at the workplace or in cases of unsafety of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety and health that have been recommended to the employer but have not been rectified.

3. Safety and health officers have the following rights:
   • To be fully informed about the measures taken by the employer to ensure occupational safety and health at the workplace;
   • To be allocated a portion of their working time to perform the duties of a safety and health officer while still being paid for the time spent on these duties;
   • To request employees in the team to stop working to implement measures to ensure occupational safety and health if there is a direct risk of causing an incident or occupational accident, and to be responsible for that decision;
   • To study and improve their professional qualifications, skills, and operating methods.

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CHAPTER IV: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL

I. Occupational Safety and Health Council of the Ministry of National Defense in Military Safety Documents

1. The Minister of National Defense decides on the establishment of the Occupational Safety and Health Council.
2. Members of the Occupational Safety and Health Council of the Ministry of National Defense include:
   • Chairman of the Council is the Deputy Minister of National Defense;
   • Vice Chairman of the Council: Head of the General Department of Engineering;
   • Council members include: Representatives from the Office of the Ministry of National Defense, Inspectorate of the Ministry of National Defense, Military Medical Department, Criminal Investigation Department, Department of Military Force, Department of Policy, Social Insurance of the Ministry of National Defense, Army’s Occupational Safety and Protection Office, and the National Defense Trade Union Committee.
3. Duties:
   • To direct and manage the implementation of the Party’s guidelines, the State’s policies and laws on occupational safety and health within the Ministry of National Defense;
   • To develop an annual Program of Activities for occupational safety and health within the Ministry of National Defense.
4. Activities:
   • Annually, the Council organizes dialogues to share information and enhance understanding among employers, employees, trade union organizations, employer representative organizations, and state agencies in organizing the implementation of policies and laws on occupational safety and health within the Ministry of National Defense;
   • The Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Council of the Ministry of National Defense issues the working regulations of the Council and decides on the assisting agency and secretariat of the Council;
   • The Chairman of the Council may invite experts, scientists, and researchers for consultation or to participate in Council meetings;
   • The operating budget of the Occupational Safety and Health Council of the Ministry of National Defense is ensured by the state budget, allocated according to the provisions of the law on the state budget.

II. Occupational Safety and Health Councils of Units Directly Under the Ministry of National Defense

1. The commander of a unit directly under the Ministry of National Defense decides to establish an Occupational Safety and Health Council. The Council’s composition includes:
   • Chairman of the Council is the Deputy Commander in charge of occupational safety and health;
   • Vice Chairman of the Council: Head of the Engineering Department or the agency managing occupational safety and health of the unit;
   • Council members include: The Engineering Agency, Military Medical Agency, Trade Union Agency, and some other agencies and organizations within the unit.
2. The Occupational Safety and Health Councils of units directly under the Ministry of National Defense are tasked with advising the commander on organizing the implementation of policies and laws on occupational safety and health at the unit.
3. Annually, the Occupational Safety and Health Council is responsible for organizing dialogues to share information, enhance understanding among employers, employees, trade union organizations, employee representative organizations, and agencies/units to promote the improvement of working conditions for employees and enhance the effectiveness of building and implementing policies and laws on occupational safety and health.

III. Grassroots Occupational Safety and Health Council in Military Safety Documents

1. The Grassroots Occupational Safety and Health Council is established at the following levels:
   • Division, brigade, regiment, and equivalent levels;
   • Production and business establishments in the fields and industries specified in Clause 1, Article 36 of Decree No. 39/2016/ND-CP dated May 15, 2016, of the Government, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Occupational Safety and Health, and employing 300 or more workers;
   • Production and business establishments operating in fields and industries other than those specified in Point b, Clause 1, employing 1,000 or more workers;
   • Economic groups, state-owned general corporations.
2. Units and production/business establishments other than those specified in Clause 1 shall establish an Occupational Safety and Health Council if deemed necessary and if conditions for its operation are met.
3. The composition of the Occupational Safety and Health Council includes:
   • A representative of the employer as the Chairman of the Council;
   • A representative of the grassroots trade union executive committee, or a representative of the military council, or a representative of the collective of employees (where there is no trade union organization) as the Vice Chairman of the Council;
   • The person in charge of occupational safety and health at the unit or production/business establishment as a standing member and secretary of the Council;
   • The person in charge of medical work at the unit or production/business establishment;
   • Other relevant members; the composition of the grassroots Occupational Safety and Health Council must ensure an appropriate proportion of female members in line with the principle of gender equality, according to the actual conditions at the unit or production/business establishment.
4. The Occupational Safety and Health Council has the following duties and powers:
   • To advise and assist the unit commander (employer) in developing regulations, procedures, plans, and measures to ensure occupational safety and health at the unit or production/business establishment;
   • Annually, to organize dialogues at the workplace with employees to share information, enhance understanding, and promote the improvement of working conditions for employees; to improve the effectiveness of implementing policies and laws on occupational safety and health at the agency, unit, or production/business establishment;
   • To organize inspections of the implementation of occupational safety and health work at the agency, unit, or production/business establishment;
   • To propose that the employer implement corrective and remedial measures if a risk of occupational unsafety or ill-health is detected.

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CHAPTER V: PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND INSPECTION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AT GRASSROOTS UNITS

I. Occupational Safety and Health Plan in Military Safety Documents

1. Annually, the employer must develop an occupational safety and health plan. For tasks arising during the plan year, appropriate content must be added to the occupational safety and health plan.
2. The drafting of the occupational safety and health plan must be consulted with the grassroots trade union executive committee or the military council for units without a grassroots trade union executive committee and must be based on the following grounds:
   • Risk assessment of occupational safety and health at the workplace; control of hazardous and harmful factors and the emergency response plan;
   • Results of the implementation of occupational safety and health work in the previous year;
   • Tasks, direction of the production and business plan, and the labor situation of the plan year;
   • Recommendations from employees, the trade union organization, and inspection and examination teams.
3. The occupational safety and health plan must have the following main contents:
   • Technical measures for occupational safety and fire/explosion prevention;
   • Technical measures for occupational hygiene, prevention of harmful factors, and improvement of working conditions;
   • Provision of personal protective equipment for employees;
   • Health care for employees;
   • Information, propaganda, education, and training on occupational safety and health.
4. The occupational safety and health plan must include content, measures, budget, materials, completion time, and assignment of implementation.
5. The occupational safety and health plan must be established from the production team level (or equivalent) upwards. All employees have the right to participate in the occupational safety and health plan (through their representatives at the unit).
6. The budget for the occupational safety and health plan is accounted for in the production and business costs of the enterprise/establishment and is a reasonable expense when calculating corporate income tax according to the Law on Corporate Income Tax. For administrative and public service units, it is included in regular expenses.

II. Organizing the Implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Plan in Military Safety Documents

1. After the occupational safety and health plan is approved by the unit commander or competent authority, the unit’s planning department is responsible for organizing its implementation.
2. The departments assigned to implement the occupational safety and health plan shall coordinate with the occupational safety and health department and the medical department to organize implementation; and at the same time, urge and inspect the implementation and regularly report to the unit commander for timely measures to ensure the plan is fully and timely implemented.
3. The unit commander is responsible for periodically evaluating the implementation of the occupational safety and health plan and informing the employees in the unit of the results.

III. Self-Inspection of Occupational Safety and Health in Military Safety Documents

1. The employer must establish a plan and organize the implementation of periodic and unscheduled self-inspections of occupational safety and health at the facility.
2. The specific content, form, and duration of self-inspection must be effective and appropriate to the nature of the work, the risk of occupational accidents and diseases, and the working conditions of the facility.
3. The unit commander must regulate and organize the implementation of self-inspection of occupational safety and health within the unit; the specific form and time of self-inspection are decided by the unit commander.
4. Self-inspection of occupational safety and health helps to promptly detect shortcomings, take remedial measures; educate and remind everyone to raise their sense of responsibility in complying with safe work procedures and measures; promote the creativity, self-reliance, and ability of employees in identifying risks of occupational accidents, hazardous factors, and organizing the correction of shortcomings and deficiencies.

IV. Content, Form, and Organization of Self-Inspection in Military Safety Documents

1. Content of self-inspection:
   • Implementation of regulations on occupational safety and health such as: health check-ups, occupational disease detection, working hours, rest periods, hazard allowances, in-kind benefits, declaration, investigation, statistics, and reporting of occupational accidents;
   • Records, books, rules, procedures, and safe working measures, inspection minute books, recommendation logbooks;
   • Implementation of issued standards, codes, procedures, and safety measures;
   • The safety and hygiene status of machinery, equipment, workshops, warehouses, and workplaces such as: guarding at dangerous locations, reliability of safety mechanisms, heat protection, dust control, lighting, ventilation, water supply and drainage, and other related issues;
   • The use and maintenance of personal protective equipment, fire prevention and fighting technical means, and medical first-aid equipment;
   • Implementation of the contents of the occupational safety and health plan;
   • Implementation of recommendations from inspection and examination teams;
   • Management of equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety and the control of hazardous and harmful factors;
   • Knowledge of occupational safety and health, incident handling and first-aid capabilities of employees;
   • Organization of nutritional supplements and health care for employees;
   • Self-inspection activities of subordinates, resolution of proposals and recommendations on occupational safety and health from employees;
   • Management responsibility for occupational safety and health and the mass movement for occupational safety and health.
2. Forms of inspection:
   • Comprehensive inspection of all occupational safety and health contents related to the authority of the inspection level;
   • Specialized inspection of each content of the occupational safety and health plan;
   • Inspection after a long holiday;
   • Inspection before or after the rainy/stormy season; e) Inspection after an incident, after a major repair;
   • Periodic inspection;
   • Unscheduled (spot) inspection.
3. Organization of inspection:
   • Establish an inspection team;
   • The inspection team meets to assign tasks to members and set the inspection schedule;
   • Announce the inspection schedule to the units or production organizations;
   • Conduct the inspection;
   • The inspection team records comments and recommendations for the inspected unit; records issues to be resolved that fall under the responsibility of the inspection level in the inspection minute book of the inspected unit;
   • The inspected units must develop a plan to rectify shortcomings within their scope of resolution and send it to the inspection level for monitoring;
   • The inspection level must have a plan to re-inspect the implementation of recommendations for the facility; synthesize the contents under its responsibility and authority for subordinates and assign them to assisting departments for implementation;
   • Frequency of self-inspection:
     • Ministry-affiliated level: Comprehensive inspection at least once every 6 months;
     • Grassroots unit level: Comprehensive self-inspection at least once every 3 months;
     • Workshop level or equivalent department: Self-inspection at least once a month;

• • Self-inspection at the squad, production team level: Self-inspection in teams/groups must be carried out before and after daily working hours and before starting a new job;
  • Maintaining a recommendation logbook and an inspection minute book for occupational safety and health: Maintaining these books is a mandatory requirement at all levels within the unit. The recommendation and minute books are the original records of self-inspection activities, a work regime for production managers at all levels to perform their inspection and supervision duties, as well as to solicit contributions and feedback from subordinates on the occupational safety and health situation in the unit. The recommendation and minute books must be stamped with an overlapping seal and managed and stored according to current document management regulations for reference when necessary. All reflections, recommendations, proposals, and acknowledgments of recommendations must be recorded and signed in the recommendation book to establish a basis for determining responsibility.

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CHAPTER VI: RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES, UNITS, AND INDIVIDUALS IN IMPLEMENTING OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

I. General Department of Engineering in Military Safety Documents

1. To lead the development, submission to the Head of the Ministry of National Defense for promulgation within their authority, and organization of the implementation of laws, policies, and plans on occupational safety and health, and the national program on occupational safety and health; to participate in preparing the national profile on occupational safety and health.
2. To propose the promulgation of the List of military-specific machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety and health as stipulated in Clause 2, Article 28 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Health; to lead the implementation of occupational safety and health training and the inspection of machinery, equipment, materials, and substances with strict requirements for occupational safety within the Ministry of National Defense.
3. To develop or provide opinions within its authority on national technical standards and regulations on occupational safety and health as stipulated in Article 87 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Health.
4. To monitor, synthesize, provide information, and statistics on occupational safety and health within the Ministry of National Defense.
5. To lead the organization of propaganda, dissemination, and education of laws on occupational safety and health; prevention of technical incidents causing occupational unsafety and ill-health, occupational accidents, and occupational diseases.
6. To submit to the Ministry of National Defense for decision on handling measures in necessary cases to protect the legitimate rights and interests regarding occupational accident and disease insurance for employees in the Ministry of National Defense.
7. To inspect, examine, and propose the handling of violations of laws on occupational safety and protection; to implement and coordinate investigations of occupational accidents and technical incidents causing occupational unsafety and ill-health; to recommend to functional agencies the investigation and handling of occupational accidents with criminal signs.
8. To lead the coordination with functional agencies of the Ministry of National Defense in resolving complaints and denunciations related to occupational safety and health.
9. To periodically review, summarize, and synthesize the situation of occupational safety and health work and report to the Ministry of National Defense.

II. Unit Commander in Military Safety Documents

1. To develop and organize the implementation of regulations, rules, procedures, programs, and plans for occupational safety and health of the unit or enterprise within their scope of responsibility for subordinate agencies, units, and individuals.
2. To fully equip means and tools for labor that ensure occupational safety and health; to provide health care, and detect occupational diseases; to fully implement the regimes for those suffering from occupational accidents and diseases for military personnel and employees; to organize training and guidance on the application of standards, regulations, and measures for occupational safety and health for employees.
3. To arrange a department or person to handle occupational safety and health; to assign individuals to supervise and inspect the implementation of regulations, rules, and measures for occupational safety and health within the unit, and to coordinate with the grassroots Trade Union or Military Council, or representatives of the collective of employees to build and maintain the network of safety and health officers.
4. To regularly review and supplement internal rules and regulations on occupational safety and health, and emergency response plans suitable for each type of machinery, equipment, material, and workplace; to organize periodic health check-ups and occupational disease detection for military personnel and employees.
5. To declare, investigate, compile statistics, and report on occupational accidents and diseases; to report on the implementation of occupational safety and health work, training, registration, and inspection.
6. To coordinate with the grassroots trade union executive committee, or the military council, or representatives of the collective of employees to launch mass movements to implement occupational safety, health, and environmental protection in the unit.
7. To be responsible before the law for the results of implementing regulations on occupational safety and health, and the situation of occupational accidents and diseases in the unit under their charge.

III. Trade Union Agencies at Ministry-Affiliated Levels, Military Councils, and Representatives of Employee Collectives in Occupational Safety and Health Work

1. To participate with functional agencies in developing policies and laws on occupational safety and health. To recommend to competent authorities the development, amendment, and supplementation of policies and laws related to the rights and obligations of military personnel and employees regarding occupational safety and health.
2. To participate in and coordinate with functional agencies to inspect, examine, and supervise the implementation of policies and laws on occupational safety and health; to participate in developing, guiding the implementation of, and supervising the implementation of plans, regulations, rules, and measures to ensure occupational safety and health and improve working conditions for employees at the workplace; to participate in investigating occupational accidents in accordance with the law.
3. To request responsible agencies, organizations, enterprises, and individuals to immediately implement measures to ensure occupational safety and health, and to take remedial measures, including temporarily suspending operations when a workplace is found to have harmful or dangerous factors to the health and life of people during work.
4. To motivate military personnel and employees to comply with regulations, rules, procedures, and measures to ensure occupational safety and health.
5. To represent the collective of employees in filing lawsuits when the rights of the collective of employees regarding occupational safety and health are violated; to represent employees in filing lawsuits when the rights of employees regarding occupational safety and health are violated and authorized by the employees.
6. To research and apply science, technology, and provide training on occupational safety and health; to recommend solutions to care for and improve working conditions, and prevent occupational accidents and diseases for employees.
7. To coordinate with agencies and units to organize emulation movements on occupational safety and health; to organize mass movements for occupational safety and health; to organize and guide the activities of the network of safety and health officers.

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8. To commend occupational safety and health work according to regulations.

IV. Grassroots Trade Unions, Military Councils, or Representatives of Employee Collectives

1. To participate with the employer in developing and supervising the implementation of plans, regulations, rules, procedures, and measures to ensure occupational safety and health and improve working conditions.
2. To represent the collective of employees in negotiating, signing, and supervising the implementation of the clause on occupational safety and health in the collective labor agreement; to be responsible for assisting employees in filing complaints and lawsuits when their legitimate rights and interests are violated.
3. To engage in dialogue with the employer to resolve issues related to the rights and obligations of employees and employers regarding occupational safety and health.
4. To participate in and coordinate with the employer to organize inspections of occupational safety and health; to supervise and request the employer to properly implement regulations on occupational safety and health; to participate in and coordinate with the employer in investigating occupational accidents and supervising the settlement of benefits, vocational training, and job placement for those who have suffered occupational accidents or diseases.
5. To recommend to the employer and competent agencies and organizations the implementation of measures to ensure occupational safety and health, overcome the consequences of technical incidents causing occupational unsafety and ill-health, occupational accidents, and handle violations of the law on occupational safety and health.
6. To propagate and motivate employees and employers to properly implement legal regulations, standards, codes, procedures, and measures to ensure occupational safety and health at the workplace. To coordinate with the employer to organize training and coaching on occupational safety and health for trade union officials and employees.
7. To request the responsible person to immediately implement measures to ensure occupational safety and health, including temporarily suspending operations if necessary when a workplace is found to pose a danger to the health and life of employees.
8. To participate in the grassroots-level Occupational Accident Investigation Team as stipulated by the Ministry of National Defense; to participate in and coordinate with the employer to respond to and overcome the consequences of technical incidents causing occupational unsafety and ill-health, and occupational accidents; in cases where the employer fails to fulfill the reporting obligation as prescribed, to immediately notify the competent management agency according to the regulations of the Ministry of National Defense to conduct an investigation.
9. To coordinate with the employer to organize emulation movements, mass movements for occupational safety and health, and to build a culture of safety at the workplace; to manage and guide the activities of the network of safety and health officers.
10. For production and business establishments that have not yet established a grassroots Trade Union, the immediate higher-level Trade Union agency or the Military Council, or representatives of the collective of employees shall exercise the rights and responsibilities specified in this Article upon the request of the employees there.

V. Department of Finance/Ministry of National Defense in Military Safety Documents

The Department of Finance ensures the annual budget for occupational safety, health, and labor protection activities.

VI. Military Medical Department/Ministry of National Defense in Military Safety Documents

1. Responsible for state management of substances with strict requirements for occupational safety and health within the Ministry of National Defense.
2. Develop and submit to competent state agencies for promulgation legal normative documents on monitoring the working environment; assess, control, and manage harmful factors at the workplace; manage and organize the monitoring of the specific military working environment.
3. Develop national standards and technical regulations on occupational safety and health for hygiene factors in the specific military working environment.
4. Guide the management of occupational hygiene and the prevention of occupational diseases within its authority.
5. Guide health check-ups for employees, detection of occupational diseases, assessment of the degree of work capacity reduction, treatment, and functional rehabilitation for employees suffering from occupational accidents and diseases, and manage labor health records within the Ministry of National Defense.
6. Coordinate with the Army’s Occupational Safety and Protection Agency to develop training content on occupational hygiene; propagate, disseminate, and educate on laws regarding occupational hygiene; and policies and laws on occupational accidents and diseases.
7. Develop, propose for promulgation, and periodically review, amend, and supplement the list of military-specific occupational diseases; health standards for each type of military-specific occupation and job after consulting with relevant agencies and sectors.
8. Monitor, synthesize, and provide information on occupational hygiene work within the Ministry of National Defense; compile statistics and build a database on occupational diseases; manage the health of employees at the workplace.
9. Coordinate with the Army’s Occupational Safety and Protection Agency to develop evaluation criteria for the List of heavy, hazardous, dangerous, and especially heavy, hazardous, dangerous military-specific occupations and jobs.
10. Coordinate with the Army’s Occupational Safety and Protection Agency to inspect and examine compliance with laws on occupational hygiene within the Ministry of National Defense.
11. Lead investigations of occupational diseases and coordinate with functional agencies in re-investigating occupational accidents at the request of the social insurance agency.
12. Direct, guide, inspect, and examine to ensure the quality of medical examination and treatment for occupational diseases and functional rehabilitation after occupational accidents and diseases.
13. Resolve complaints and denunciations from organizations and individuals regarding the examination and treatment of occupational diseases and functional rehabilitation within the Ministry of National Defense.
14. Provide relevant documents and information on the examination and treatment of occupational diseases and functional rehabilitation at the request of competent state agencies.
15. Every six months and annually, send a report on the implementation of policies and laws on occupational safety and health in the managed field to the Army’s Occupational Safety and Protection Agency.
16. Perform other responsibilities regarding occupational safety and health as prescribed by law.

VII. Unit Military Medicine (Medical Agency) in Military Safety Documents

1. Manage the health of employees at the unit. Develop plans for periodic health check-ups, nursing, and functional rehabilitation for those performing heavy, hazardous work who have periodic health check-up results of category IV, category V, or have an occupational disease.
2. Develop internal regulations on occupational hygiene, identify risks of occupational diseases, and preventive measures within their agency or unit.
3. Annually, organize training for employees on the health effects of harmful factors arising in the working environment and preventive measures for work-related diseases; first-aid measures for common occupational accidents at the workplace.
4. Develop practical first-aid and emergency response plans at the unit, and prepare necessary means to ensure effective first aid in case of incidents or accidents.
5. Ensure the availability of equipment and medicine for first aid and emergency response; ensure timely emergency response for occupational accident cases.
6. Assist the commander in managing the health situation of employees; annually organize periodic health check-ups and occupational disease examinations. Manage, store, and monitor the medical records of employees, including recruitment health records, periodic health check-up records, and occupational disease records (if any).
7. Regularly inspect compliance with hygiene regulations, disease prevention, and ensure food safety and hygiene for employees at the unit; guide subordinate units and employees in implementing occupational hygiene measures. Annually, on a periodic and unscheduled basis, coordinate with the occupational safety and protection agency to measure, inspect, and monitor the working environment, and propose solutions to improve working conditions and enhance employee health.
8. Guide and organize the implementation of in-kind nourishment (structure and quantity of items, organization of meals) for those working in hazardous and harmful conditions. Participate in investigating occupational accidents at the unit, and complete procedures for disability assessment for employees with occupational accidents or diseases.
9. Coordinate with local health agencies to implement health management for employees; fully implement the professional guidance of higher-level health agencies. Fulfill responsibilities and reporting regulations on health management and occupational diseases of employees to higher-level health agencies as stipulated by the Ministry of National Defense.
10. Participate in briefings, preliminary and final reviews of the unit’s operational situation, and review the implementation of the occupational safety and protection plan; provide opinions on occupational safety and health at annual planning meetings, and in the preparation and approval of design projects, construction, acceptance, and commissioning of workshops and technical support facilities with hazardous elements.
11. During inspections of units, if signs of violation or risks of causing illness or disease to employees are detected, they have the right to temporarily suspend (if urgent) or request the person in charge to order a work stoppage to implement necessary measures, while reporting to the unit commander; they have the right to suspend the use of substances that do not comply with occupational hygiene regulations.
12. Participate in synthesizing and proposing commendations and disciplinary actions for collectives and individuals in occupational safety and health work. They are allowed to attend meetings, conferences, and liaise with local and industry health agencies to improve professional skills and coordinate work.

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CHAPTER VII: STATISTICS, REPORTING, AND PRELIMINARY/FINAL REVIEW OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH WORK

I. Statistics and Reporting on Occupational Safety and Health in Military Safety Documents

1. Units must maintain logbooks to track and compile statistics on the contents required for reporting under current regulations. Statistical data must be kept for at least 5 years at the workshop level or equivalent and 10 years at the unit level to serve as a basis for monitoring, analysis, and proposing policies and solutions for occupational safety and health at the unit.
2. In addition to specialized reports on occupational accidents and diseases, units must submit a general report on occupational safety and health; twice a year (6 months and annually), they must summarize and report to the Ministry of National Defense (through the General Department of Engineering) on the situation and results of occupational safety and health work.
   • Reporting deadlines: Before July 5th for the first 6-month report and before January 10th of the following year for the full-year report.
   • Periodic reports on occupational safety and health are to be sent by email (According to the appendix).

II. Preliminary and Final Review of Occupational Safety and Health Work in Military Safety Documents

1. Periodically every 6 months and annually, units must organize preliminary and final reviews of occupational safety and health work with the following contents: Analyze achievements, shortcomings, existing problems, causes, and lessons learned; organize commendations for collectives and individuals who have performed well in occupational safety and health work, and launch emulation movements to ensure occupational safety, health, and fire prevention.
2. The preliminary and final review of occupational safety and health work is carried out from the grassroots level up to the Ministry of National Defense level.

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PART 2: APPENDICES IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

Appendix 1 in the Military Safety Document

LIST OF EXTREMELY HEAVY, HAZARDOUS, DANGEROUS (CATEGORY V, VI) AND HEAVY, HAZARDOUS, DANGEROUS (CATEGORY IV) OCCUPATIONS AND JOBS IN THE ARMY

(Issued with Circular No. 20/2016/TT-BLDTBXH dated June 28, 2016, of the Minister of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs)

I. TANKS – ARMORED VEHICLES IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY VI
1	Preservation, maintenance, and repair of weapons and equipment on tanks and armored vehicles in military underground shelters.	Workplace is confined, hot, cold, and lacks oxygen.
2	Inspection and test runs of tanks and wheeled armored vehicles.	Heavy work, workplace is hot, confined, lacks oxygen, with vibration and dust exceeding permissible standards.
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY V
1	Driving construction vehicles for the repair of weapons and equipment on tanks and armored vehicles in military underground shelters.	Heavy, dangerous work, workplace is confined, hot, cold, and lacks oxygen.
2	Preservation and maintenance of electrical equipment in military underground shelters.	Workplace is confined, hot, cold, and lacks oxygen.
3	Welding parts during the repair of weapons and equipment on tanks and armored vehicles.	Workplace is confined, cramped, hot, dangerous, with frequent exposure to toxic fumes.
4	Manual chemical cleaning of weapons, equipment on tanks, armored vehicles, and ammunition.	Hot workplace, frequent exposure to toxic chemicals such as acid, caustic soda, and ether.
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Operating an air compressor to fill compressed air tanks for tanks and armored vehicles.	Heavy, dangerous work, exposed to high noise levels.
2	Guarding military underground shelters in mountainous forest areas.	Outdoor work, mentally stressful.
3	Driving a crane for the repair of weapons and equipment on tanks and armored vehicles.	Outdoor work, confined, hot, visually stressful, exposed to noise and dust.
4	Operating a charging station for tank and armored vehicle batteries.	Heavy work, frequent exposure to toxic chemicals.
5	Machinist for repair parts of weapons and equipment on tanks and armored vehicles.	Hot workplace, exposed to metal dust, noise, and vibration.

 

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II. WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY VI
1	Propellant and explosive production worker.	Frequent exposure to hazardous and toxic chemicals, oxygen-deficient workplace, psychologically stressful.
2	Worker producing raw materials and intermediate products for propellants and explosives.	Frequent exposure to toxic chemicals, visual and nervous strain, hazardous, dangerous work, high risk of fire and explosion.
3	Research, testing, production, handling, and experimentation of TNT explosives.	Very dangerous work with a high risk of fire and explosion, frequent exposure to various chemicals.
4	Research, design, experimentation, calibration, and testing of missile systems, radar, artillery, electronic warfare, and communication systems on warships, and underwater weapons.	Affected by high-power microwaves, exposed to noise, heat, vibration, and psychological stress.
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY V
1	Management, inspection, and design evaluation of weapon and ammunition standards.	Very dangerous work, high risk of fire and explosion, psychologically stressful.
2	Driving special-purpose vehicles to transport experimental samples, weapons, ammunition, and chemicals for weapon and ammunition inspection.	Hazardous, dangerous work; frequent exposure to dangerous, flammable, and explosive chemicals such as liquid fuel, propellants, and explosives.
3	Management, preservation, maintenance, and repair of missile technical materials and anti-tank missile ammunition.	Dangerous work, frequent exposure to toxic chemicals, mentally stressful.
4	Melting and pouring cast iron and steel to produce weapon and ammunition parts.	Heavy, dangerous work, exposed to heat and toxic fumes.
5	Hot rolling of steel to produce weapon and ammunition parts.	Frequent exposure to heat, dust, and noise.
6	Melting and casting aluminum and copper ingots to produce weapon and ammunition parts.	Heavy work, cramped posture, exposed to heat and toxic fumes.
7	Casting and hot rolling of aluminum and copper to produce weapon and ammunition parts.	Heavy work, very hot and noisy workplace exceeding permissible standards.
8	Painting in ship holds, applying anti-rust paint on military vessels.	Confined work environment, lack of light and oxygen.
9	Preservation and maintenance of tank, armored vehicle, and military vehicle materials on a chemical preservation line.	Working in a hot building, frequent exposure to toxic fumes, oil, grease, and chemicals.
10	Mechanical and electrical repair, installation, maintenance of equipment, operation of air compressors, refrigeration, and steam equipment in the production line for propellants, explosives, and intermediate products.	Hot working environment, frequent exposure to toxic gases (CO, NO, NO2, SO2, SO3, NH3), toxic chemicals, oxygen-deficient workplace.
11	Environmental treatment in factories producing propellants, explosives, missile fuel, and intermediate products.	Heavy work, frequent exposure to toxic factors such as toxic gases (NO, NO2, SO2, SO3, NH3) and toxic chemicals.
12	Heat treatment of weapon parts.	Heat, exposure to thermal radiation, toxic fumes, energy consumption, muscular strain.
13	Working on a floating dock (river floating dock) for military shipbuilding.	Frequent work in confined holds, lack of oxygen, exposed to heat and high noise levels.
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Blackening, phosphating, plating, painting of weapons and optical instruments; heating oil, grease, and chemicals for weapon preservation.	Frequent exposure to hazardous and toxic chemicals, heat, noise, and dust.
2	Repairing equipment at chemical testing stations for propellants and explosives.	Frequent exposure to hazardous and toxic chemicals, and heat.
3	Warehouse keeper, statistician, preservation, and handling of chemical materials for training, ammunition testing, and military incendiaries.	Heavy work, exposure to very dangerous and toxic chemicals.
4	Tracked vehicle repairman.	Heavy work, frequent exposure to oil, grease, chemicals, and cramped posture.
5	Supervising the construction process of welding structures, cleaning, and painting military ship hulls.	Frequent outdoor work, sun, heat, visually stressful.
6	Researching and pilot-producing PZT piezoelectric ceramic pillars for weapon parts.	Working in high temperatures, exposure to metal dust and acid.
7	Statistics clerk in a weapons and ammunition warehouse.	Frequent exposure to hazardous and toxic chemicals.
8	Producing paper boxes and paper tubes for ammunition preservation.	Exposure to toxic chemicals, dusty and noisy environment.
9	Inspector for measuring gauges for artillery, equipment, ammunition, and specialized measuring tools for inspecting artillery, equipment, and ammunition.	Frequent work in a closed room, exposure to gasoline, oil, and toxic chemicals.
10	Warehouse keeper, statistician, preservation, and handling of materials and chemicals for the preservation and maintenance of weapons, equipment, and ammunition.	Frequent exposure to oil, grease, and toxic chemicals.
11	Worker producing dry oil bags, tools, and preservation paper for artillery and ammunition.	Manual work, frequent exposure to high-temperature oil and grease, and dust.
12	Worker repairing and maintaining weapon storage warehouses.	Frequent exposure to a hazardous environment, cramped working posture.
13	Worker filling compressed gas cylinders, fire extinguishers, and drying silica gel for weapons and ammunition.	Cramped working posture, mentally stressful.
14	Warehouse keeper, preservation, and handling in a warehouse for missile technical equipment and special instruments.	Heavy work, frequent exposure to hazardous and toxic chemicals, cramped working posture, mentally stressful.
15	Warehouse keeper, preservation, and handling in a warehouse for vehicle equipment, power stations in a warehouse for military vehicles and materials for national defense and national reserves.	Constant exposure to oil and grease, cramped posture.
16	Repairing and charging batteries for military vehicles and machinery in reserve vehicle depots for national defense and national reserves.	Manual work, constant exposure to chemicals.
17	Driver, assistant driver, and escort for transporting propellants, explosives, missile fuel, and intermediate products.	Heavy, dangerous work, dust, noise.
18	Making molds for casting iron and steel to produce weapon parts.	Heat, noise, dust, shift work.
19	Sifting and mixing sand for molds to produce weapon parts.	Heavy, noise, dust, shift work.
20	Sampling and analyzing metal products for the production of weapon parts.	Toxic fumes, shift work.
21	Operating an electric furnace for steel melting to produce weapon parts.	Heat, noise, dust, shift work.
22	Heat treatment of metal (annealing, quenching, tempering) to produce weapon and ammunition parts.	Heavy work, very hot, affected by radiation, CO, CO2, SO2, and very high noise levels.
23	Plating weapon parts, fuze components (Nickel, Chrome, Zinc).	Frequent exposure to various toxic chemicals.
24	Firing and operating boilers for the production of various weapons and ammunition.	Heavy work, very hot, affected by thermal radiation, high concentrations of coal dust, and noise.
25	Heat treatment of metal for weapon and ammunition parts.	Heavy work, very hot, dusty, noisy.
26	Chemical cleaning, annealing, phosphating, and coloring of metal and metal products for weapon parts.	Frequent exposure to various chemicals, acids, and alkalis.
27	Plastic injection molding of weapon parts and fuze components.	Frequent exposure to heat, dust, and toxic fumes.
28	Melting and casting iron for weapon production.	Heavy, dangerous work, exposed to heat and dust.
29	Heating metal in a high-frequency furnace in weapon manufacturing plants.	Heavy work, exposed to heat and dust.
30	Manual painting, insulating varnish, and drying of electric motors for weapon and ammunition parts.	Frequent exposure to toxic chemicals in paint; cramped working posture.
31	Repairing mechanical and electrical machinery, and machine tools for producing weapon parts.	Working in a toxic chemical environment, cramped working posture.
32	Fusion welding of weapon parts.	Heavy work, cramped working posture, exposed to heat and toxic gases.
33	Molding and shaping of inner tubes, tires for automobiles, and artillery.	Heavy work, exposure to high temperatures, chemicals, and solvents.
34	Supervising military shipbuilding.	Frequent outdoor work, exposed to toxic fumes, thermal radiation, dust, noise, vibration, mental and psychological stress.
35	Surveying and assessing quality for the repair and modification of military vessels.	Working environment at depth, lack of oxygen, hazardous, dangerous, visually stressful.
36	Guards and security in factories producing propellants, explosives, missile fuel, and intermediate products.	Outdoor work, frequent exposure to toxic gases such as NO, NO2, SO2, SO3, NH3.
37	Welding military ship hulls.	Outdoor welding, hot, cramped working posture, affected by CO2.
38	Operating electric cranes, diesel cranes.	Exposed to noise, dust, and heat.
39	Repairing ship engines (in dock, on slipway).	Heavy work, hot, humid, frequent exposure to oil and grease.
40	Aluminum anodizing worker.	Exposure to toxic gases, shift work.
41	Metal and cyanide plating of weapon parts.	Heavy work, exposure to toxic fumes.
42	Operating a boiler for weapon production.	Heavy work, dusty, noisy, and hot.
43	Hot stamping of weapon parts.	Heavy work, exposed to thermal radiation and very high noise levels.
44	Cleaning castings for the production of weapon parts.	Heavy work, exposed to heat, noise, and dust.
45	Operating an overhead crane in a mechanical foundry for the production of weapon parts.	Hot, dusty, psychologically stressful.
46	Plating weapon parts with zinc, chrome, lead, and nickel.	Exposed to various toxic gases and chemicals such as HCl, NH3, NH4OH, NH4Cl, ZnO, and lead.
47	Electric and gas welding for the production of weapon parts.	Exposure to heat and toxic fumes.
48	Operating an air compressor with pressure from (8kg/cm2) and above for the production and repair of weapon parts.	Affected by very high vibration and noise.
49	Operating a power hammer for the production of weapon parts.	Exposed to high temperatures, heavy vibration, and noise exceeding permissible standards.
50	Cold rolling of aluminum for the production of weapon parts.	Heavy work, cramped working posture, exposed to high noise levels.
51	Heating and forming of copper and aluminum to produce weapon parts.	Heavy work, exposed to noise and toxic fumes.
52	Drawing copper and aluminum wire for the production of weapon parts.	Heavy work, exposure to loud noise.
53	Steaming and annealing aluminum for the production of weapon parts.	Heavy, hot work, frequent work in a dusty environment.
54	Electrostatic painting for the production of weapon parts.	Frequent exposure to toxic chemicals, and heat.
55	Dry grinding of metal weapon parts.	Exposure to abrasive dust, metal dust, and noise.
56	Polishing, rust scraping, and buffing of metal weapon parts.	Cramped working posture, frequently exposed to high concentrations of noise and dust.
57	Drilling, milling, planing, and lathing cast iron weapon parts.	Visually stressful, high concentration required.
58	Applying putty and spray painting the body of weapon parts.	Heavy work, exposed to paint solvents and gasoline fumes.
59	Forging with a power hammer of 350 kg or more to produce weapon parts.	Heavy, hot work, and very high noise; affects hearing.
60	Operating a transformer station of 110 KV or higher for the production of weapons and ammunition.	Psychologically stressful, exposed to high electromagnetic fields, significantly affecting health.
61	Manual forging of weapon parts.	Manual, heavy work, exposed to heat, dust, and CO gas.
62	Breaking casting molds with a pneumatic hammer for the production of weapon and ammunition parts.	Heavy, hot, dusty, vibrating.
63	Operating a metal stamping machine for the production of weapon parts.	Hot, noisy, vibrating, visually stressful.
64	Firing and operating a metal annealing furnace for the production of weapon parts.	Heavy, hazardous work, frequently exposed to high temperatures, CO, and CO2.
65	Operating a stamping, filing, and grinding machine for metal balls for the production of weapon parts.	Frequent exposure to vibration, noise, and toxic chemicals.
66	Lathing cast iron for ammunition shell bodies.	Dusty, visually stressful, high concentration required.
67	Coating and insulating electrical wires for weapon parts.	Heavy work, exposed to noise and toxic fumes.
68	Industrial sewing, leather sewing for military goods.	Cramped working posture, monotonous work, visually stressful, and psychologically tiring.
69	Operating grinding, crushing, mixing, rolling, extruding, and pressing machines for PVC, PE plastic for the production of weapons and ammunition.	Hazardous work, frequent exposure to dust, fumes, toxic gases, and high temperatures.
70	Coating and shaping of rubberized fabric for weapon parts.	Affected by noise, gasoline, and SO2.
71	Vulcanizing rubber products for weapon parts.	Heavy work, exposure to toxic chemicals.
72	Manufacturing pressure-resistant rubber hoses for weapon parts.	Heavy, exposure to catalytic chemicals and sulfur.
73	Repairing mechanical and electrical machinery, printing machines, and cutters for military documents.	Working in an environment with toxic chemicals, cramped working posture.
74	Producing and winding paper tubes for packaging explosive materials for military production.	Exposed to heat, toxic chemicals, and dust throughout the work shift.
75	Driving specialized transport vehicles carrying chemicals for defense production.	Exposed to noise, vibration, hazardous and dangerous chemicals, mentally stressful.
76	Chemical analysis and quality control of chemicals for defense production.	Frequent exposure to toxic chemicals.
77	Measurement, inspection, calibration, and repair of measuring instruments in the production line for weapons, ammunition, propellants, explosives, missile fuel, and intermediate products.	Heavy work; frequent exposure to toxic chemicals such as NO, NO2, SO2, SO3, DNT, DBP, Centralite, ether.
78	Producing printed circuit boards for weapon parts.	Frequent exposure to chemicals (copper plating, tin plating, etchant FeCl3; Acetone, Benzene…) and film developing, fixing, and photoresist stripping solutions.
79	Producing gas for national defense purposes.	Heavy work, working in a dangerous environment with a high risk of fire and explosion.
80	Producing light amplifying tubes for weapon parts.	Frequent exposure to chemicals such as H2SO4, HNO3, TCE…
81	Seam welding of weapon parts.	Heavy work, cramped posture, frequent exposure to the cooling solution of the welding machine’s electrodes.
82	Magnetic particle and ultrasonic testing of weapon parts.	Exposure to toxic fumes, electromagnetic radiation, visually stressful.
83	Designing military vessels (structural calculations, preparing calculations and drawings, checking structural strength).	Energy consumption during work, monotonous tasks, visually stressful, mental fatigue, and information overload.
84	Installing and testing the manufacturing strength of military vessel structural components.	Working conditions with high noise levels, jarring sounds from metal impacts and friction, industrial emissions, and metal dust.
85	Operating the water and electricity supply systems for the production of propellants, explosives, missile fuel, and intermediate products.	Noisy and vibrating work environment.

 

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III. NAVY IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY VI
1	Officers and crew members working on military ships and conducting marine surveys.	Affected by large waves, rocking, and harsh weather.
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY V
1	Construction, installation, and repair of works on offshore islands.	Outdoor work, manual labor, heavy, dangerous, affected by waves, wind, and humidity.
2	Repair, assembly, and calibration of optoelectronic equipment, information transponders, and maritime systems on military ships.	Workplace is confined, hot, lacks oxygen, noisy, affected by electromagnetic waves, and is psychologically stressful.
3	Officers and crew members of armed fishing vessels.	Heavy, dangerous work, affected by waves, wind, rocking, noise, and is psychologically stressful.
4	Repair of sonar systems on military ships.	Workplace is confined, hot, lacks oxygen, affected by electromagnetic fields, ultrasonic waves, and is mentally stressful.
5	Operation, use, and repair of naval observation radar.	Affected by noise, electromagnetic fields, and radar screen radiation.
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Operation, use, and repair of equipment on coastal missile complexes.	Heavy work, workplace is confined, hot, lacks oxygen, noisy, affected by microwaves, and is psychologically stressful.
2	Warehouse keeper, preservation, and handling of materials and electronic equipment in an electronic equipment warehouse.	Heavy work, frequent exposure to oil, grease, and toxic chemicals.
3	Manual and spray painting of military automobiles.	Frequent exposure to toxic chemicals, cramped working posture.
4	Operating lifting, lowering, and transport vehicles at a military port.	Working in confined conditions, cramped posture, hot, heavy, noisy, vibrating, dangerous, and mentally stressful.
5	Working in a decompression chamber, and with the air compressor supplying the decompression chamber mounted on military equipment.	Workplace is confined, cramped, hot, high pressure, exposed to loud noise, waves, wind, rocking, and is psychologically stressful.
6	Surveying, investigating, evaluating data, drafting, editing, and printing nautical charts.	Working in a closed room, exposure to toxic chemicals, visually stressful.
7	Receiving and dispatching goods at a military port.	Outdoor work, noisy, dusty, psychologically stressful.

 

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IV. INTELLIGENCE IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY V
1	Espionage operations outside the target area.	Independent mission, exposed to complex information, psychologically stressful.
2	Cyber and space reconnaissance.	Outdoor and indoor work, receives a lot of information, psychologically stressful.
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Espionage and technical espionage instructor.	Working in a closed chamber, lack of oxygen, exposure to chemicals; outdoor training, psychologically stressful.
2	Research and application of chemical technology and espionage materials.	Exposure to hazardous and toxic chemicals.
3	Research and application of intelligence information technology and scientific-technological intelligence.	Affected by screen radiation and high-frequency electromagnetic fields, visually stressful.
4	Researching, exploiting, and preserving intelligence archives and documents. Librarian managing intelligence operational documents.	Working in a closed chamber, lack of oxygen, exposure to toxic chemicals, psychologically stressful.
5	Staff at the printing workshop for intelligence training materials.	Frequent work in a closed room; cramped working posture; exposure to toxic fumes and dust; mentally stressful; high confidentiality.

 

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V. ARTILLERY IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY V
1	Operating communication means in a missile launch command vehicle.	Working in a closed, hot vehicle, lack of oxygen, affected by high-frequency electromagnetic fields, mentally and visually stressful.
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Repair and maintenance technician for missile power supply stations.	Frequent exposure to gasoline, oil, and chemicals, mentally tiring.
2	Mechanic at weapon repair stations and workshops.	Visually stressful, mentally tiring.

 

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VI. MILITARY ENGINEERS IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY V
1	Repair, maintenance, and preservation inside the compartments of PMP and TPP pontoon boats.	Frequent work in closed compartments with poor lighting, cramped working posture, dusty, noisy.

 

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VII. COMMUNICATIONS IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY V
1	Pilot production, testing, and manufacturing of printed circuits for military communication devices.	Frequent work in a hazardous chemical environment, poor lighting, lack of oxygen, cramped posture, mentally stressful.
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Handling top-secret and timed military dispatches.	Working in a closed room, mentally stressful.
2	Repairing and quality checking various types of military communication devices.	Frequent exposure to chemicals, affected by electromagnetic fields.

 

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VIII. MILITARY ASSURANCE (LOGISTICS) IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Cooking in Army kitchens.	Hazardous, dangerous work, shift work, exposed to dust and heat.
2	Warehouse keeper, preserving and issuing military medical supplies at a campaign-level depot.	Workplace is closed, hot, with direct exposure to chemicals.
3	Repairman for automobiles, ships, and repairing, producing, and building new military boats.	Heavy work, constant exposure to oil and grease, cramped posture, exposed to loud noise.
4	Laboratory technician at a Class B hospital at the military region or service level.	Frequent exposure to toxic chemicals and dangerous pathogens.
5	Aquaculture farming in Truong Sa (Spratly Islands), DK1 rigs.	Frequent outdoor work, humid working environment, affected by waves and wind.
6	Engraver, producing various types of seals for military and defense tasks.	Working in a closed room, exposure to dust and noise.

 

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IX. VIETNAM HELICOPTER CORPORATION IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Processing procedures and escorting passengers at a military airport.	Frequent outdoor work, rain, heat, sun, gasoline and oil fumes.

 

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X. AIR DEFENSE – MISSILES – AIR FORCE IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Instructor for practical training on medium- and high-altitude air defense missiles, and practical training on missile launchers.	Affected by microwave electromagnetic fields, outdoor work.
2	Instructor for practical training on artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, radar, and gunner for low-altitude anti-aircraft artillery.	Psychologically stressful, high energy consumption, outdoor work.
3	Managing and directly operating at the national air traffic management center and air force command posts.	Affected by thermal radiation, electromagnetic radiation; noise, psychologically stressful.
4	Duty crew for managing flight activities in the national airspace.	Frequent operations on computers, affected by electromagnetic radiation, mentally and visually stressful.
5	Instructor for practical training on low-altitude air defense missiles.	Outdoor work, heavy and dangerous work.

 

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XI. MILITARY CEREMONIES IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Military band, honor guard.	Outdoor work, exposed to hot and cold weather.

 

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XII. MILITARY MAPPING IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Map platemaking, zinc plate grinding, printing military maps.	Working in a closed room, lack of light and oxygen, exposure to dust, noise, and chemicals.
2	Preserving, coating, and developing military map films and photos.	Working in a closed room, lack of light and oxygen, exposure to toxic chemicals.

 

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XIII. PROTECTION OF THE HO CHI MINH MAUSOLEUM IN THE MILITARY SAFETY DOCUMENT

NO.	OCCUPATION OR JOB TITLE	CHARACTERISTICS OF WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING CONDITIONS CATEGORY IV
1	Armed guard ensuring the security of the mausoleum structure.	Outdoor work, independent, dangerous, mentally stressful.
2	On duty for security inside and outside the mausoleum structure.	Working in underground tunnels, lack of oxygen, monotonous and cramped work. Psychologically stressful.
3	On duty for operations and direct reception and propaganda inside and outside the mausoleum structure.	Frequent work outdoors in the hot sun, high labor intensity, psychologically stressful.
4	Special security detail for protecting the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum visitation ceremony.	Working in a confined space, lack of oxygen, low temperature inside the structure, high temperature outdoors.

 

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Appendix 2 in the Military Safety Document

LIST OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND SUBSTANCES WITH STRICT REQUIREMENTS FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE VIETNAM PEOPLE’S ARMY

(Issued with Circular No. 36/2019/TT-BLDTBXH dated December 30, 2019, of the Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs)

NO.	MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, AND SUBSTANCES WITH STRICT REQUIREMENTS FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
SECTION II	Types of machinery, equipment, and materials with strict requirements for occupational safety specific to the military
1	Types of explosives.
2	Explosive devices (detonators, detonating cords, safety fuses).
3	Cables and fiber optic lifting cables for equipment sets 3Ф-24.40; 3Ф-24.50; ƂՓMИ 468929.058.
4	Fiber optic lifting cable for equipment set 3Ф-10.36-04.
5	Load testing device 8E088.
6	Device MC-35004 / Equipment set MC-35030.
7	Missile transport and lifting vehicle set K350-110.
8	Drying and cooling station YXHC Ф55-70MЭ.
9	Dismantling support frame K350-60.
10	Lifting beam K350-14-01.
11	Nitrogen cylinder and pipeline system.
12	Station and network system for storage, filling, and production of high-purity liquid/gaseous nitrogen up to 98%.
13	Nitrogen gas cylinder for launcher vehicle 9Π-117M.
14	Lifting cable set for missile containers.
15	Missile lifting beam P-15UΠY9513-0.
16	Lifting cable for missile containers; launch motor Π9510-10A; warhead Π 9590-0; warhead in crate C1.42-00.
17	Air compressors ДK-9M and ЭK-9.
18	Stabilizing equipment for propellants and explosives (Linter stabilizer; Hecogen stabilizer; Nitrocellulose (NC) stabilizer).
19	Reaction equipment in the propellant and explosive production line (Nitroglycerin (NG) production unit; Nitrocellulose (NC) production unit; Dinitrotoluene (DNT) production unit; Tetracene acid production unit; Lead styphnate production unit).
20	Pressurized vessels containing raw materials for explosive production (Na2CO3 transport pressure tank; DNT transport pressure tank; Na2SO4 transport pressure tank; Na2SO3 transport pressure tank).
21	Explosive filling and pressing equipment in the propellant and explosive production line: Mechanical equipment (fine pressing machine, 10-position pressing machine); Hydraulic equipment (hydraulic press, primer composition pressing device, black powder press).
22	Mixing equipment for propellants and explosives in the propellant and explosive production line: Rotating drum mixer (detonating cord powder mixer, 3-part black powder mill-mixer, Ammonite mixer, talc-powder mixer); Shaking mixer (TEN powder sieving machine, black powder de-dusting and grain selection machine, black powder granulator, primary explosive sieving machine); Blade mixer (composite powder mixer, wet explosive mixture mixer, gum-powder mixer).
23	Assembly, vibration, and shock testing equipment for ammunition and primers: Shock testing machine; impact testing machine; cartridge resizing and crimping machine; B40 fuze and tail assembly removal device.
24	Cartridge case cleaning machine.
25	Pneumatic ammunition clamping device.
26	Pressure and vacuum chambers: high-pressure gas filter; pressure chamber used in training and conditioning for combat divers.
27	Compressed air station YKC; VZ20/350; oxygen station AKZC 75M; nitrogen station UGZCIA.
28	Various types of cranes used for: Lifting/lowering torpedoes, missiles, lifting/lowering boats on ships and islands.
29	Missile ammunition lifting beam.
30	PMP pontoon bridge lifting/lowering system (winch for lifting/lowering).
31	Bomb and ammunition lifting equipment (Electric hoist; manual chain hoist with a lifting capacity of 500 kg or more).
32	Electric and manual winches used for lifting and pulling loads in propellant and explosive production workshops.
33	Bomb and ammunition lift truck.
34	Ejection seat crane vehicle.
35	Electromagnetic field radiating equipment (radar station, radio communication station, electronic warfare).
36	Automobile lifting equipment.
37	Air defense missile lifting and transport vehicle 4050.
38	Compressed gas trailer up to 400 atm 5Л94, MC-10.
39	Primer testing device ΠΠ3.
40	Various types of crane vehicles, models 8T-210, KC-2573.
41	Oxygen station UGZC-KP.
42	Nitrogen station UGZC-MA.
43	Laser emitting devices with power ≥ 10 mW (10 mJ).
44	Bomb and ammunition cutting machine.
45	Bomb fuze removal device.

 

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Appendix 3 in the Military Safety Document

PERIODIC REPORT FORM ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL

(Issued with Circular No. 142/2017/TT-BQP dated May 29, 2017, of the Minister of National Defense)

SUPERVISING UNIT UNIT NAME ——-	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence – Freedom – Happiness —————
No.: ……../BC-………	………….., date …… month ….. year ……

REPORT

On Occupational Safety and Health for the Reporting Period: …………. Year………….

No.	INDICATORS ON OSH IN THE REPORTING PERIOD	Unit	Data
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1	Labor:
	1.1. Total number of employees	Person
	Of which, total number of female employees.	Person
	1.2. Number of employees working directly	Person
	Of which:
	– Total number of female employees;	Person
	– Number of employees working in heavy, hazardous, dangerous conditions (Category IV, V, VI).	Person
2	Organization and staffing for labor protection
	– Number of people in charge of occupational safety and protection	Person
	Of which:
	+ Full-time;	Person
	+ Part-time;	Person
	+ Military medical staff.	Person
	– Number of safety and health officers.	Person
3	Occupational Accidents
	– Total number of occupational accidents, of which:	Case
	+ Number of fatal accidents.	Case
	– Total number of people injured in occupational accidents, of which:	Person
	+ Number of deaths from occupational accidents.	Person
	– Total cost of occupational accidents (first aid, treatment, salary for days off, compensation, allowance…);	Million VND
	– Property damage (in monetary terms);	Million VND
	– Number of workdays lost due to occupational accidents.	Day
4	Occupational Diseases
	– Total number of people with occupational diseases;	Person
	Of which, number of new cases of occupational diseases;	Person
	– Number of workdays lost due to occupational diseases;	Person
	– Number of people who had to retire early due to occupational diseases;	Person
	– Total cost for people with occupational diseases incurred during the year (these costs are not included in the labor protection plan: Treatment, salary for days off, compensation, allowance…).	Million VND
5	Occupational Safety and Health Training
	Total number of commanders (employers) trained / Total number of current commanders;	Person
	Total number of safety and health officers trained / Total number of current safety and health officers;	Person
	– Total number of safety and health representatives trained / Total number of current safety and health representatives;	Person
	– Number of people issued with safety cards / Total number of employees in occupations and jobs with strict requirements for occupational safety and health;	Person
	– Total number of people trained;	Person
	+ Of which, total number of people retrained.	Person
	– Total training cost: (this cost is in the labor protection plan under the propaganda and training section).	Million VND
6	Machinery and equipment with strict requirements for OSH
	– Total number	Unit
	Of which:
	+ Number registered;	Unit
	+ Number inspected.	Unit
7	Working hours, rest periods
	– Average overtime hours/day/person;	Hour
	– Average overtime days/6 months/person;	Day
	– Average overtime days/year/person.	Day
8	In-kind nourishment for hazardous work
	– Total number of people;	Person
	– Total cost (this cost is part of the health care cost).	Million (VND)
9	Total cost for occupational safety and health
	Safety and hygiene equipment;	Million (VND)
	Procedures and measures to improve working conditions;	Million (VND)
	Provision of personal protective equipment;	Million (VND)
	In-kind nourishment;	Million (VND)
	– Propaganda, training;	Million (VND)
	– Fire prevention and fighting;	Million (VND)
	Compensation cost for victims of occupational accidents and diseases;	Million (VND)
	Other costs.	Million (VND)
10	Working environment measurement situation
	– Number of working environment measurement samples;	Sample
	– Number of samples not meeting standards;	Sample
	– Ratio of samples not meeting permissible standards / Total number of samples, of which:	Sample/sample
	+ Confined;	Sample
	+ Humid;	Sample
	+ Too hot;	Sample
	+ Too cold;	Sample
	+ Noise;	Sample
	+ Vibration;	Sample
	+ Dust;	Sample
	+ Toxic fumes/gases;	Sample
	+ Electromagnetic fields;	Sample
	+ Ionizing radiation.	Sample
11	Health classification results of employees
	(issued with Decree No. 34/2016/ND-CP)	Person
	– Category I;	Person
	– Category II;	Person
	– Category III;	Person
	– Category IV;	Person
	– Category V.	Person
12	Unit’s assessment of working conditions
	– Good;
	– Average;
	– Poor;
	– Very poor.
13	Proposals, recommendations

 

REPORT PREPARER (Signature)

HEAD OF UNIT (Signature, stamp)

Recipients:

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Appendix 4 in the Military Safety Document

PERIODIC REPORT FORM ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AT THE LEVEL OF UNITS DIRECTLY UNDER THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

(Issued with Circular No. 142/2017/TT-BQP dated May 29, 2017, of the Minister of National Defense)

SUPERVISING UNIT UNIT NAME ——-	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence – Freedom – Happiness —————
No……….. /BC-KT	………….., date …… month ….. year ……

REPORT

On Occupational Safety and Health for the Reporting Period: …………. Year………….

No.	INDICATORS ON OSH IN THE REPORTING PERIOD	Unit	Data
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1	Number of reporting units	unit
2	Labor:
	2.1. Total number of employees:	Person
	– Of which: Total number of female employees.	Person
	2.2. Number of employees working directly	Person
	Of which:
	– Total number of female employees;	Person
	– Number of employees working in heavy, hazardous, dangerous conditions (Category IV, V, VI).	Person
3	Organization and staffing for OSH & Labor Protection
	– Number of people in charge of occupational safety and labor protection:	Person
	+ Full-time;	Person
	+ Part-time;	Person
	+ Military medical staff;	Person
	– Number of safety and health officers.	Person
4	Occupational Accidents
	– Total number of occupational accidents;	Case
	Of which, number of fatal accidents;	Case
	– Total number of people injured in occupational accidents;	Person
	Of which, number of deaths from occupational accidents;	Person
	– Total cost of occupational accidents (first aid, treatment, salary for days off, compensation, allowance…);	Million (VND)
	– Property damage (in monetary terms);	Million (VND)
	– Number of workdays lost due to occupational accidents.	Day
5	Occupational Diseases
	– Total number of people with occupational diseases;	Person
	Of which, number of new cases of occupational diseases;	Person
	– Number of workdays lost due to occupational diseases;	Day
	– Number of people who had to retire early due to occupational diseases;	Day
	– Total cost for people with occupational diseases incurred during the year (these costs are not included in the safety and labor protection plan: Treatment, salary for days off, compensation, allowance.	Million (VND)
6	Occupational Safety and Health Training
	– Total number of commanders (employers) trained / Total number of current commanders;	Person
	– Total number of occupational safety and health officers trained / Total number of current occupational safety and health officers	Person
	– Total number of safety and health representatives trained / Total number of current safety and health representatives;	Person
	– Number of people issued with safety cards / Total number of employees in occupations and jobs with strict requirements for OSH;	Person
	– Total number of employees trained;	Person
	+ Of which, total number of people retrained;	Person
	– Total training cost: (this cost is in the labor protection plan under the propaganda and training section).	Million (VND)
7	Machinery and equipment with strict requirements for occupational safety and health
	– Total number	unit
	Of which:
	+ Number registered;	unit
	+ Number inspected.	unit
8	Working hours, rest periods
	– Average overtime hours/day/person;	hour
	– Average overtime days/6 months/person;	Day
	– Average overtime days/year/person.	Day
9	In-kind nourishment for hazardous work
	– Total number of people;	Person
	– Total cost (this cost is part of the health care cost).	Million (VND)
10	Total cost for occupational safety and health
	– Safety and hygiene equipment;	Million (VND)
	– Procedures and measures to improve working conditions;	Million (VND)
	– Provision of personal protective equipment;	Million (VND)
	– In-kind nourishment;	Million (VND)
	– Propaganda, training;	Million (VND)
	– Fire prevention and fighting;	Million (VND)
	– Compensation cost for victims of occupational accidents and diseases;	Million (VND)
	– Other costs.	Million (VND)
11	Working environment monitoring situation
	– Number of working environment measurement samples;	Sample
	– Number of samples not meeting standards;	Sample
	– Ratio of samples not meeting permissible standards / Total number of samples, of which:
	+ Confined;	Sample/sample
	+ Humid;	Sample
	+ Too hot;	Sample
	+ Too cold;	Sample
	+ Noise;	Sample
	+ Vibration;	Sample
	+ Dust;	Sample
	+ Toxic fumes/gases;	Sample
	+ Electromagnetic fields;	Sample
	+ Ionizing radiation;	Sample
	+ ….	Sample
12	Health classification results of employees
	– Category I;	Person
	– Category II;	Person
	– Category III;	Person
	– Category IV;	Person
	– Category V;	Person
13	Unit’s assessment of working conditions
	– Good;
	– Average;
	– Poor;
	– Very poor.
13	Proposals, recommendations

 

REPORT PREPARER (Signature)

HEAD OF UNIT (Signature, stamp)

Recipients:

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Part 3: Further Reference

1. Group 3 Safety Training and Certification Services

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2. Group 3 Occupational Safety Test

• Group 3 Occupational Safety Quiz

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3. Price List for Occupational Safety Training Services

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