Banking Union innovates health care for female workers
The program "Women Of Wellbeing - Sewing habits, nourishing health" in 2026 organized by the Vietnam Bank Union aims to encourage female union members and workers to actively build healthy living habits.
In order to organize practical activities to celebrate Vietnamese Women's Day October 20th, and at the same time concretize the orientation of caring for and improving sustainable health for union members and employees of the Banking sector, the Vietnam Bank Union organizes the Program to raise awareness and habits of proactive health care for female union members and employees of the Banking sector in 2026 (the program).
Ms. Nguyen Khanh Chi - Member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, Vice President of the Vietnam Bank Union said that the program is organized to raise awareness and encourage proactive physical and mental health care in the working environment.
Encourage union members and workers to actively form and maintain habits that are beneficial for physical and mental health; contributing to limiting common risks in the banking working environment such as sitting for long periods, lack of exercise, muscle and joint pain, eye strain, occupational stress, sleep disorders and unreasonable nutrition.
Piloting methods of organizing behavior change activities on digital platforms; ensuring content is easy to access, easy to implement, and capable of monitoring, evaluating and replicating in the following years.
The results of the Program implementation are the basis for evaluating practice and researching the implementation of the project "Enhancing sustainable health for union members and employees in the Banking sector in the period 2026 - 2030".
The program's name is "Women Of Wellbeing - Sewing habits, nurturing health" in 2026. Participants in the program are female union members, workers of upper-level grassroots trade unions, grassroots trade unions directly under the Vietnam Bank Union, and credit institutions with foreign elements in Vietnam.
According to the Program Organizing Committee, from October 20th to October 30th is the program launch period; communication, registration guidance; participants choose habits and conduct early surveys. From November 1st to November 30th, deploy 30-day challenges; daily registration; score/star accumulation; perform additional tasks; maintenance and support communication. From December 1st to December 15th - summarize results, participation level, completion rate, satisfaction level; award consideration and summary; December 31st - assess post-program maintenance capacity; summarize lessons learned, propose improvements.
Each program participant can choose 3 suitable core habits to implement and monitor for 30 days; and perform 1 additional task each day of the program. The group of habit contents includes: Ethnology, working posture; exercise, reducing static time; eye rest, using digital devices reasonably; nutrition, drinking water; sleep, recovery; mental health, positive connection.
The habits and registration criteria are designed to be simple, easy to understand, and easy to implement; do not apply the same quantification for all subjects; do not create pressure on weight, physique or physical performance. Pregnant women, postpartum women, people with underlying illnesses, injuries, or those being treated are selected for appropriate content and comply with professional instructions.
To encourage substantive participation, the program builds a reward mechanism based on the level of participation, persistence, ability to maintain habits and results recorded on the platform. Individuals considered for prizes must participate for 30 days, have check-in for at least 27/30 days, achieve at least 21 "healthy days" and complete the final survey of the program.
In the individual category, the "Banking Wellbeing Star" award has 5 prizes, each prize 5,000,000 VND; the "Dấu ấn bứt phá" award has 5 prizes, each prize 3,000,000 VND; the "Hành trình bền bỉ" award has 10 prizes, each prize 2,000,000 VND; the "Đại sứ lan tỏa" award has 20 prizes, each prize 1,000,000 VND.
For collectives, it is expected to award 3 prizes, including 1 prize for directly superior grassroots trade unions and 2 prizes for grassroots trade unions. The prize money for each prize is from 20,000,000 VND to 30,000,000 VND.
Achievements are evaluated based on the percentage of female union members and workers registering, the percentage of actual participation and the percentage of program completion.
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