POSITIVE (Participation Oriented Safety Improvements by Trade Union InitiatiVE) Regional Workshop was jointly held by JILAF and VGCL (Vietnam General Congress of Labour) in Hai Phong from 4 to 6 March. In the workshop, 25 VGCL members in Hai Phong were trained to be POSITIVE trainers. On behalf of VGCL, President of Hai Phong Federation of Labour addressed in the opening as “In Hai Phong, where there are many Japanese companies, improvement on OSH conditions have become a critical issue. We are very grateful that Japanese people including JILAF support our OSH activities”. We would like to make good use of this POSITIVE Programme.”
　In the workshop, “Action Checklist Exercise”, “Group discussions and presentations for improving OSH conditions”, and “Proposal to the Employers” were implemented by trainers who were trained as a POSITIVE trainers in the POSITIVE workshop in 2006 in Hai Phong. The participants are trained as a PSOITIVE trainer with saying that “I’ve never seen this kind of participatory workshop. I would like to utilize this POSITIVE method to improve OSH conditions at my workplace”, “it is a very good opportunity to share information with members of other companies.”
　This workshop was held under the Vietnam POSITIVE project, founded by ODA, MOFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The project has been started on 2 March, 2009. In the project, 1) 4 Regional workshops including Hai Phong, Da Nang, Dong Nai and Binh Duon in order to increase number of POSITIVE trainers in a whole, 2) providing equipments for POSITIVE activities and 3) making Action Checklist for specific industries.