The panograma of the signing ceremony
Attending the ceremony, to the VNNIOSH side were Dr. Nguyen Anh Tho and leaders of departments under VNNIOSH; to the KOSHA side were Mr. Ahn Yong Ju, President, Mr. Jin Chan Ho, Director of International Cooperation Center and Mr Yong Soo Seo staff of International Cooperation Center; and leaders of some specialzied departments of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL).
Effectiveness achieved from cooperation programs
The cooperation relationship between VNNIOH and KOSHA have established since 2009 and been maintained until now with 04 technical coordination arrangements through the periods of 2009-2012, 2012-2015, 2015-2018 aand 2018-2021.
During the cooperaion periods, over 30 delegations of reseachers of VNNIOSH have attended directly training programs, coordinated intensive researches in Korea, as well as many delegations of KOSHA experts have visited VNNIOSH to exchange experiences and provide technical and professional support in the field of OSH for units under the Institute. Over time, cooperation activities have been valued and highly appreciated by the two organizations for the effeciency and high practical applicability.
Giving speech at the ceremony, Dr. Nguyen Anh Tho, General Director of VNNIOSH said: “In the period of 2018-2021, althrough facing the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, both organizations made efforts to overcome the dificulities of the pandemic situation in each country to maintain and promote cooperation activities. In 2019, VNNIOSH sent 02 staff to KOSHA to take part in cooepration programs of Biomonitoring and training program on Safety Certification System. At the same time, VNNIOSH welcomed a delegation of KOSHA experts to visit and exchange experiences on the systems and processes to assess means of protecting the respiratory organs from dust and toxic gases; systems and prosesses for assessing PPE includes safety belts, safey glasses, safety shoes, insulting gloves, chemical resistant gloves, etc.”
At the ceremony, Mr, Ahn Yong Ju, President of KOSHA, shared his experiences in the field of OSH, acknowledged the cooperation activities between the two organizations in the past time such as participating OSH training programs, technology supports, etc. Mr. Ahn Yong Ju also expressed his hope in the coming time VNNIOSH and KOSHA continue to maintain sustainable cooperation as well as share information on joint research programs and organize academic seminars and conference, etc.
Continue to expand cooperation in the field of OSH
The year 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Korea (1992-2022). Korea recently is the largest FDI investor in Vietnam with over 9.100 projects, the protential and opportunities for cooperation between the two countries are still very large. In particular, the Government of the two countries are guiding and having cooperation strategies to continue to achieve the goal of raising bilateral trade turnover to 100 billion USD by 2023 and 150 billions USD in 2050 in the direction of balancing through bilateral and multilateral cooperation mechanism. Along with that, the Government of Vietnam is encouraging Korean businesses to make new investments and expand their investment scale in Vietnam in which priority will be given to the fields of digital technology, electronics, renewable energy, development infrastructure, construction of specialized technology complexes, industrial parks. At the same time, promoting the effeciency of cooperation in science and technology, health, labour, culture, etc.
On this occasion, VNNIOSH and KOSHA continue to sign technical coordination arrangement period 2022-2025. This is considered a precious opportunity for VNNIOSH and KOSHA continue to expand cooperation relation in the field of OSH, and also take advantage of the support from KOSHA to improve professional capacity of the scientific research team, enhance learning from practical experiences applied follow to the conditions of Vietnam, contributing to the post pandemic socio-economic recovery.
“The purpose of this arrangement is to facilitate cooperation between VNNIOSH and KOSHA through improving reseach methods and exchanging information on OSH issues in each country. This technical coordination arrangement aims to improve the effectiveness of cooperation from both sides in capacity building, thereby improving safety and health conditions for workers. These efforts, according to the long term plan, hope to expand research results and improve policies to raise up safety, health and maitain working life for workers”: Dr. Nguyen Anh Tho added.
(Source: Vnniosh.vn)
