Nearly 4,000 workers from industrial zones in the southern province
of Binh Duong on May 5 joined a walk programme to highlight the
importance of safety at work.

Co-organised by
Better Work Vietnam, the International Labour Organisation, and the
International Finance Corporation, the 2013 walking programme was themed
“Fire and explosion safety.”

Deputy Chairman of
Binh Duong provincial People’s Committee Huynh Van Nhi said the activity
was very practical for popularising the important meaning of industrial
safety among workers and labourers.

Also under the
programme, the workers participated in other activities, such as
watching films, answering questions and responding to supposed fire
situations.

Almost 1,700 fires are reported in
Vietnam each year, with many happening at factories. The fire at Ha
Phong garment plant in the northern province of Bac Giang in early April
burnt down all production facilities together with thousands of
motorbikes and bikes of workers.-VNA