Prevention and Examination of Occupational Diseases in Vietnam

On researching occupational diseases in Vietnam, we realized that the prevention and examination of occupational diseases in Vietnam have not been performed regularly. The work still exits several limitations, leading to many people suffering from health problems due to occupational factors. These limitations include improper working conditions, environment, protective equipment for labourers; low record of occupational diseases (35 diseases); low number of labourers examined and detected to be sufferred from occupational diseases; and limited number of facilities qualified for occupational disease examination, etc. Based on the literature review, the authors have studied the regulations and organization of the prevention and examination of occupational diseases, thereby proposing solutions to reduce occupational diseases in Vietnam.