The Ho Chi Minh City administration has asked government employees to limit the use of bottled water, plastic bags and straws in the workplace.

A seminar on ending violence and harassment in the workplace was held in Hanoi on May 28 by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and CARE International in Vietnam.

Government workers in Thua Thien-Hue Province have been told not to use plastic water bottles or plastic bags at the workplace.

The Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Maritime Bank) has been certified by assessment body Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE) in recognition of its commitment to gender equality in the workplace.

Vietnam is committed to actively joining the international efforts on ending violence and harassment at workplace, an official has said.

A forum on occupational safety and hygiene for young workers took place in Hanoi on April 16 in response to annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 28).

VOV.VN - Ninety two garment factory workers in Tan Phu Trung industrial park in Cu Chi district, HCM City were hospitalized on December 28 with suspected food poisoning after having dinner at their workplace.

When it comes to being happy and satisfied at work, fresh graduates in Vietnam are reported to have the lowest level of happiness in the region, according to a survey conducted by employment websites JobStreet and JobsDB.

VOV.VN - Health officials on November 18 reported eight more local Zika infections, raising the total to 46 Ho Chi Minh City residents who have acquired the disease from mosquitoes in the country this year.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Home Affairs has proposed banning all local public servants from smoking and consuming alcohol at workplace.

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has asked people's committee in cities and provinces to make no smoking at workplace a rule in their office regulation.

Experts were invited to give recommendations on a draft code of conduct designed to prevent sexual harassment at workplaces at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on January 23.

(VOV) - Anphabe Company and Nielsen Vietnam announced a list of Vietnam’s 100 best employers at a ceremony in HCM City on February 14.

(VOV) - Vietnam is lagging behind many other countries, including most of its neighbours, in occupational safety and health.

Vietnam is among the top 10 countries that have an increasing proportion of women in senior management positions after posting a 30 percent growth rate last year.