(VOVworld) - The National Week for Occupational Safety and Health – Fire and Explosion Prevention began in Hung Yen province on Sunday.

At the launch, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said occupational safety is a fundamental right on which the State’s, businesses’ and laborers’ rights, obligations and responsibilities are fully specified in the law. He said occupational safety and health, and fire and explosion prevention must be reinforced all year round at all places. He added that the 18th annual week was to urge workers and enterprises to improve their own sense of responsibility while asking for stringent supervision and punishments for violations. More than 7,600 work accidents and 2,000 fires were reported in Vietnam in 2015, according to the steering board for the national week.