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Coteccons has joined the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the City’s Department of Internal Affairs to promote a safety culture aimed at building a safe, sustainable workplace with people at the center in response to the 2026 Occupational Safety and Health Action Month (ATVSLĐ).
At the launch ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee, said economic growth only has meaning when it is paired with protecting workers’ lives, health, and legitimate rights. He added that a safe working environment helps reduce workplace accidents and occupational diseases, while also building trust, reinforcing labor discipline, improving workforce quality, increasing productivity, enhancing business efficiency, and strengthening the city economy’s competitiveness.
In response to ATVSLĐ Month, Coteccons organized the launch with an experiential booth and an exhibition on occupational safety. At projects nationwide, the safety message is integrated into weekly activities to continue spreading the safety culture.
During the month, Coteccons will participate in seminars led by the City’s Department of Internal Affairs to listen to workers’ petitions and share practical experience in applying technology to safety on construction sites.
For Coteccons, occupational safety is not only about compliance, but a foundation to support progress, quality, and stability across projects. On construction sites, safety is treated on par with schedule and quality, forming a core operating principle.
The company said its safety management is shifting from traditional methods to a system- and data-driven approach, including digitizing safety processes to monitor training and operations in real time. It uses BIM (Building Information Modelling) to visualize projects and control safety and risk before construction. Formtech provides advanced scaffolding solutions for high-altitude work, and FaceID facial recognition is used to manage access in high-risk areas. Safety procedures are digitized to track training and operations over time.
Beyond technical solutions, Coteccons highlighted safety training as a core pillar of risk management. The company organizes training for workers and engineers before site entry and periodically during construction to help identify risks, comply with procedures, and build safe-work habits.
Safety activities are conducted weekly at Coteccons’ sites. The LEGO Vietnam Factory project was cited as an example, where safety is described as the foundation of organization and governance. The project employs about 4,500 workers, applies risk controls from design, standardizes safety standards for the contractor ecosystem, and limits weekly working hours to no more than 60 to safeguard workers’ health.
In 2025, Coteccons recorded more than 60 million hours of safe construction and over 265,000 hours of safety training. The company said these figures show that safety standards are maintained across all projects and reflect a data-driven management approach.
In addition to construction companies, dozens of units across different sectors are involved. Doan Hong Ngoc, Marketing Manager of Le Bao Minh, said participating in ATVSLĐ Month is how Le Bao Minh continues to spread a human-centered ethos and contribute to workers’ well-being and motivation through meaningful, humane activities.
ATVSLĐ Month 2026 will continue in Ho Chi Minh City with campaigns across 168 wards and communes, seminars and roundtables, ATVSLĐ inspections, and gift programs for injured workers facing difficult circumstances. The program aims to help build a safer, more sustainable, and more humane working environment for workers.
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