Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Vietnam
The information here was collated from official online sources by Ergo Global ergonomists. All information is for general purposes and cannot be considered 1-to-1 legal advice. Ergo Global disclaim any liability relating to the information provided on this page.
To Note
Vietnam does not have a single “ergonomics act,” but ergonomics regulation is integrated into its Law on Occupational Safety and Health No. 84/2015/QH13.
Page last updated: 12/05/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
- Health and safety development - To formulate, organize the implementation of, and proactively coordinate with agencies and organizations in ensuring implementation of, occupational safety and health measures for employees and related people at the workplace under his/her management; to pay occupational accident and disease insurance premiums for employees.
- Training provision - To provide training in and guidance on occupational safety and health regulations, rules, procedures and measures; to provide adequate working equipment and tools that ensure occupational safety and health; to provide health care and medical examination for detection of occupational diseases; to provide full benefits for victims of occupational accidents and diseases.
- Risk aversion - Not to ask employees to continue working or return to the workplace where there are risks of occupational accidents that seriously threaten the life or health of employees.
- Risk assessment - Analyse and identify risks and harms of dangerous factors and hazardous factors at the workplace in order to proactively prevent occupational accidents and diseases and improve the working conditions. Employers shall organize risk assessment and guide employees to self-assess occupational safety and health risks before starting working, during the working process in a regular manner, and when necessary.
- Information provision - Employers shall provide employees with information, communication and education on occupational safety and health, dangerous factors,hazardous factors, and occupational safety and health measures at th eworkplace; and provide instructions on occupational safety and health regulations for visitors to and employees in their establishments.
- Environmental requirements - To ensure that the workplace meets the requirements on space, ventilation, dust, steam, hazardous gas, radiation, electro-magnetic fields, heat, moisture, noise, vibration, and other dangerous and hazardous factors as stated in relevant technical regulations; to periodically examine and measure these factors; ensure that there are enough proper shower rooms and toilets at the workplace as prescribed by the Minister of Health.
- Hazard prevention - Employers shall evaluate and control dangerous factors and hazardous factors at the workplace in order to work out occupational safety and health technical measures and take care of employees health.
The Duties of
The Employer
🏠 for Remote Work
- Instruction - Employers shall instruct domestic workers how to use machinery, equipment and utensils and implement fire and explosion prevention and fighting measures in their homes which are related to domestic work.
- Minimum requirements - Upon entering into written agreements with employers on home-based working, employees shall ensure occupational safety and health requirements for the work assigned to them.
- Reporting - In case an occupational accident occurs during the working process at home, the home-based employee or his/her relatives shall inform it immediately to the employer.
- Check conditions - Employers shall check the occupational safety and health conditions at the workplace of home-based employees; implement commitments in the agreements with the home-based employees; and include occupational accidents occurring to home-based employees in the general report on occupational accidents as prescribed in Article 36 of this Law.
The Duties of
The Employee
- Compliance - To comply with occupational safety and health regulations, procedures and measures at the workplace; to comply with agreements on occupational safety and health stated in the labor contract and the collective labor agreement;
- PPE - To use and maintain the provided personal protective equipment and other occupational safety and health tools at the workplace;
- Reporting - To promptly report to responsible persons any risks of technical incidents endangering occupational safety and health, occupational accidents or diseases; to proactively participate in the provision of first aid and remediation of consequences of the incidents or occupational accidents according to the incident handling and emergency rescue plan or the orders of the employer or competent state agencies.
The information on this page comes from...
Law on Occupational Safety and Health No. 84/2015/QH13
What's next?
Step 1
Run an ergonomics audit following these regulations.
Step 2
List out the gaps in your ergonomics policy.
Step 4
Contact Ergo Global for more support where needed.
