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Update news labor accidents
Thanh Hoa authorities yesterday ordered the suspension of a bridge project following a scaffold collapse Saturday that killed four people at the construction site.
Vietnam targets a 5 percent annual decrease in fatal labour accidents under the 2016-2020 National Programme on Labour Safety and Hygiene recently approved by the Prime Minister.
The Ha Noi People's Court on Tuesday sentenced Mabayoje Emmanuel, a Nigerian man, to 18 years in prison for illegally transporting methamphetamine.
According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, there are nearly 6,000 labor accidents in Vietnam, killing about 600 people, annually. However, the data at hospitals showed that the number of victims is more than three times.