Social work to be promoted for sustainable growth
Vietnam will develop a newly-emerging occupation in the field
of social work into a professional job in order to promote the social
welfare, said a ranking government official.
Vietnam will develop a newly-emerging occupation in the field
of social work into a professional job in order to promote the social
welfare, said a ranking government officer.
Speaking at a press briefing in Hanoi on October 29, Nguyen Trong Dam, Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, said the ministry will hold a conference on development of the profession this November.
The meeting is aimed at improving social awareness of the occupation, Dam said. It will also give social workers in Vietnam an opportunity to exchange experiences with foreign colleagues and learn from social work models prevalent in other countries in the world to give recommendations for a model best adaptable to Vietnam.
The event will be the last consultative meeting between the ministry and international organisations before it can complete the project on social work development during the 2010-2015 period and submit it to the government.
Regarding the training of social work human resources, priority should be given to the areas of immediate need such as protection of children under special circumstances, the disabled and the elderly people and prevention of social vices, said Le Hong Loan, Chief of Child Protection Division, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
According to a report by the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam has around 7.5 million old people, of whom 200,000 are left uncared for, 5.3 million people with disabilities and over 1.4 million children in special circumstances.
Around 2.7 million households are under the poverty line and 1.3 million people are living on state subsidies every month, said the report.
At present, Vietnam has approximately 10,000 officers working in social welfare institutions, healthcare and labour education centres and tens of thousands of social work volunteers.
Additionally, nearly 40 universities and colleges that provide social work courses add an average of 2,000 graduates to the labour force in the field every year.
Vietnam is forecast to need more than 20,000 social work officials with university or college degrees by 2020./.
Speaking at a press briefing in Hanoi on October 29, Nguyen Trong Dam, Deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, said the ministry will hold a conference on development of the profession this November.
The meeting is aimed at improving social awareness of the occupation, Dam said. It will also give social workers in Vietnam an opportunity to exchange experiences with foreign colleagues and learn from social work models prevalent in other countries in the world to give recommendations for a model best adaptable to Vietnam.
The event will be the last consultative meeting between the ministry and international organisations before it can complete the project on social work development during the 2010-2015 period and submit it to the government.
Regarding the training of social work human resources, priority should be given to the areas of immediate need such as protection of children under special circumstances, the disabled and the elderly people and prevention of social vices, said Le Hong Loan, Chief of Child Protection Division, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
According to a report by the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam has around 7.5 million old people, of whom 200,000 are left uncared for, 5.3 million people with disabilities and over 1.4 million children in special circumstances.
Around 2.7 million households are under the poverty line and 1.3 million people are living on state subsidies every month, said the report.
At present, Vietnam has approximately 10,000 officers working in social welfare institutions, healthcare and labour education centres and tens of thousands of social work volunteers.
Additionally, nearly 40 universities and colleges that provide social work courses add an average of 2,000 graduates to the labour force in the field every year.
Vietnam is forecast to need more than 20,000 social work officials with university or college degrees by 2020./.
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