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THE GOVERNMENT
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THE SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 110/2024/ND-CP
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Hanoi, August 30,
2024
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DECREE
SOCIAL WORK
Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization
dated June 19, 2015; Law dated November 22, 2019 on Amendments to some Articles
of the Law on Government Organization and Law on Local Government Organization;
Pursuant to the Law on the Elderly dated
November 23, 2009;
Pursuant to the Law on Persons with Disabilities
dated June 17, 2010;
Pursuant to the Law on the Elderly dated
November 23, 2009;
Pursuant to the Law on Adoption dated April 05,
2016;
Pursuant to the Law on Domestic Violence
Prevention and Control dated November 14, 2022;
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The Government hereby promulgates a Decree on
social work.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope
This Decree provides for rights and obligations of
social work clients; rights and obligations of social work practitioners;
eligibility requirements for practice of social work; social work practice;
authority, applications and procedures for issuance, re-issuance and revocation
of certificates of eligibility for social work practice.
Article 2. Regulated entities
This Decree applies to social workers, social work
practitioners; foreign agencies, organizations and individuals in Vietnam
(hereinafter referred to as “organizations and individuals”); individuals,
groups, families and communities that conduct social work-related activities in
Vietnam.
Article 3. Definitions
For the purposes of this Decree, the terms below
shall be construed as follows:
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2. “social work client” may be an individual,
group, family or community that needs social work services (hereinafter
referred to as “client”).
3. “social work service” refers to any service
provided by an eligible organization or individual with the aim of supporting
individuals, groups, families and communities in addressing social issues.
4. “social work ethics” refer to ethical standards
which social workers and social work practitioners must adhere to in the
process of performing professional activities.
5. “social work practice” refers to performance of
professional activities and direct practice of professional expertise
(prevention, intervention, provision of therapy or care, rehabilitation,
development support, provision of advice or consulting, psychological support
for social work clients) by social workers that are granted a certificate of
eligibility for social work practice by a competent authority.
6. “certificate of eligibility for social work
practice” refers to a document issued by a competent authority to any person
who is eligible to apply for social work practice as prescribed in this Decree
(hereinafter referred to as "certificate of eligibility for practice”).
7. “privacy of social work clients” includes life
privacy, personal privacy and family privacy under civil law and privacy of
case management documentation.
8. “social work in the judicial field” refers to
the activity of applying theories, principles and methods of social work to
contribute to protecting the legitimate rights and interests of clients in the
judicial process.
Article 4. Functions of social work
Functions of social work include supporting
prevention; intervention, provision of therapy; supporting recovery and
development of clients to ensure social security and create people's happiness;
contributing to asserting human rights, dignity, values, social justice and
equality according regulations of law.
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1. Respect and promote clients’ rights to make
their own choices and decisions, irrespective of their values, beliefs,
thoughts and lives, provided this does not threaten the rights and legitimate
interests of others.
2. Promote clients’ full involvement and
participation in all aspects of decisions and actions that affect their lives.
3. Focus on strengths and leverage existing
resources of clients to promote empowerment.
4. Assume responsibility for social work
professional activities, ensuring that clients are provided with appropriate
and effective social work services.
5. Promote social justice, ensure fair and
transparent provision of resources according to the clients’ needs.
6. Respect clients’ diversity regardless of their
capacity, age, gender, civil status, socio-economic status, skin color, race,
region, nationality, political beliefs, spiritual beliefs and physical
characteristics.
7. Make sure that all decisions are made in the
clients' best interests.
Article 6. State policies on social work
1. The State plays a leading role in developing a
system of public facilities providing social work services appropriate to
socio-economic conditions and state budget capacity from time to time.
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3. Develop human resources for social work,
especially in disadvantaged areas.
Article 7. Social workers
Social workers consist of:
1. Public officials, public employees and employees
carrying out social work in state agencies and public service providers.
2. Social workers in units and facilities providing
social work services in the social, medical, educational and judicial field, in
detention facilities and reform schools, and in other fields as prescribed by
law.
3. Social workers in socio-political organizations,
socio-professional organizations, non-governmental organizations, associations,
enterprises and other organizations as prescribed by law.
4. Independent social workers.
Article 8. Social work services
Social work service includes one or more services
below:
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a) Assessing risks and needs of clients; screening
and classifying clients. Where necessary, transfer clients to health
facilities, educational institutions, police authorities or other appropriate
agencies and organizations.
b) Ensuring clients’ safety and meeting clients’
urgent needs for medical care, decent shelter, drinking water, food, clothing,
essential supplies and transport.
2. Providing care, intervention, rehabilitation and
development support services
a) Assessing needs of clients, screening and
classifying clients; preparing case management documentation.
b) Provision of advice and consulting,
psychological support, psychosocial rehabilitation for clients.
c) Treatment of mental disorders, provision of
trauma or psychological crisis therapy, and physical rehabilitation.
d) Intervention, protection, care, rehabilitation
and development support for clients.
dd) Tailoring an intervention and support plan for
clients; monitoring, reviewing and evaluating intervention and support
activities and adjusting the plan accordingly.
e) Ending the intervention and support plan
tailored for clients, keep client management records or implementing a new
intervention and support plan (if the clients so request).
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h) Seeking cooperation in providing medical
treatment and health care services; in transferring clients to facilities
providing social work services or other facilities to meet their needs.
i) Organizing rehabilitation, cultural, sports and
religious activities and other activities suitable for the age and health of
clients.
k) Teaching school subjects, providing career
counseling, vocational and training education, creating livelihoods and jobs to
assist clients in their development in terms of physical fitness, intellect,
personality and community integration.
l) Supporting clients in benefiting from social
welfare policies; finding and arranging appropriate forms of care.
3. Providing services related to social education
and capacity building
a) Providing services related to social education,
problem solving skills development and parenting skills education; providing
life skills education for children and minors.
b) Providing training and coaching courses on
social work for public officials, public employees, employees and social work
collaborators.
c) Offering training courses and organizing
conferences to improve knowledge and skills for clients in need.
4. Providing preventive services for clients
falling into difficult circumstances or suffering abuse or exploitation; school
violence, gender and domestic violence; labor abuse and exploitation.
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6. Managing cases of clients using social work
services (hereinafter referred to as “social work service users”) at the
grassroots and community level.
7. Support for community development
a) Working the people and authorities at all levels
to identify community issues to design community support programs and plans.
b) Suggesting social work mechanisms, policies and
solutions to competent authorities.
c) Building a network of social workers, social
work collaborators and volunteers.
d) Organizing communication activities to raise
awareness of social work.
8. Supporting eligible clients in leaving social
assistance facilities, detention facilities, rehabilitation centers and health
facilities to return to their families, integrate into the community, and
stabilize their lives.
9. Organizing mobilization of resources to carry
out social work activities.
Article 9. Process for providing social work
services
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1. Step 1. Receive and collect information, and
assess the clients’ support needs.
a) Collect basic information of the clients, their
family and relatives, information of their guardian or caregiver and other
relevant information (if any) of the client.
b) Conducting comprehensive assessment of the
client’s support needs (in order of priority).
c) Organizing client screening and classifying.
2. Step 2. Tailor a support plan.
a) Tailor a support plan to the clients and their
needs.
b) Preside over and cooperate with the client and
relevant organizations and individuals in determining the objectives, details
of work, time frame and resources so as to tailor a support plan for the
clients.
c) Prepare records to manage each client.
3. Step 3. Implement the client support plan.
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5. Step 5. End the support process and archive
records.
Article 10. Prohibited acts
1. Providing, disclosing or destroying personal
information and data of clients without consent of the clients or their
guardians or representatives unless requested by the competent agency or
individual as prescribed by law.
2. Refusing to provide social work services to
clients in need of urgent protection, except force majeure events as prescribed
by law.
3. Misusing the provision of social work services
for personal gain or violation of laws.
4. Misusing the practice of social work for seeking
personal gain from the State's regimes and policies or from the support of
organizations and individuals.
5. Earning profits other than the remuneration and
expenses agreed upon with organizations and individuals under social work
service contracts, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties.
6. Misusing the practice of social work and the
provision of social work services for infringing upon the interests of the
State, and legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals.
Chapter II
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Section 1. RIGHTS OF SOCIAL WORK CLIENTS
Article 11. Right to be advised and consulted
about the use of social work services
1. Be informed, advised, consulted and instructed
about the needs, appropriate social work methods and services.
2. To use social work services suitable for
conditions circumstances of the clients and actual conditions of facilities
providing social work services.
Article 12. Right to have their privacy
respected
Have their privacy of management documentation
preserved in the course of using social work services, except where the clients
agree to share information as prescribed by law or competent authorities make a
written request for access to documentation for performance of their tasks as
prescribed by law.
Article 13. Right to have their honor respected and
be provided with protection in the course of using social work services
1. Not be discriminated against, abused, exploited
or forced to use services.
2. Have their age, gender, ethnicity, religion,
folk beliefs, medical condition, economic conditions, social status and other
personal characteristics respected.
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1. To select to use the social work services
tailored to their needs.
2. Have their representatives or guardians in the
course of using social work services under civil law.
Article 15. Right to be provided with
information
1. Be provided with documentation for management of
their case upon their written request.
2. Be provided with detail instructions about
social work services upon request.
Article 16. Right to refuse to use social work
services and leave facilities providing social work services
1. To refuse to use social work services if deemed
inappropriate.
2. To leave facilities providing social work
services as prescribed by law.
Article 17. Right to use social work services of
minors, persons having lost capacity for civil acts, persons having difficulty
in awareness and control of their acts, persons with restricted capacity for
civil acts
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2. In the event of an emergency, in order to
promptly protect the life and health of minors, persons having lost capacity
for civil acts, persons having difficulty in awareness and control of their
acts, the head of the facility providing social work services may immediately
decide to provide social work services to such clients.
Section 2. OBLIGATIONS OF SOCIAL WORK CLIENTS
Article 18. Obligation to respect practitioners
and others working at facilities providing social work services
Respect and do not threaten or offend the honor and
dignity; cause harm to the life, health and property of practitioners and
others working at facilities providing social work services.
Article 19. Obligation to comply with regulations
in the course of using social work services
1. Truthfully provide and take responsibility for
personal information, fully cooperate with social work practitioners and
persons working at facilities providing social work services.
2. Cooperate in adopting intervention measures and
methods and therapies of social work practitioners as prescribed by law.
3. Comply with regulations imposed by facilities
providing social work services and regulations of law on social work.
Article 20. Obligation to pay costs of using
social work services
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2. The service contract shall be prepared using the
Form No. 01 in the Appendix to this Decree.
Chapter III
SOCIAL WORK PRACTITIONERS
Section 1. RIGHTS OF SOCIAL WORK PRACTITIONERS
Article 21. Right to practice social work
1. To practice social work according to the
certificate of eligibility for practice.
2. To make decisions on prevention, intervention,
provision of therapy, protection or care, rehabilitation, development support,
provision of advice and consulting and social work methods according to the
certificate of eligibility for social work practice.
3. To draw up a social work service contract with
organizations or individuals in need as prescribed by law.
4. Independent social work practitioners is
entitled to receive remuneration under the contract. The remuneration shall be
agreed upon under the contract signed with the client by adhering to the
principle of correct and sufficient calculation based on the following factors:
Details and nature of social work services; time and effort that a social work
practitioner uses to render social work services; experience and reputation of
the practitioner; travel and accommodation expenses and other reasonable
expenses for providing social work services. In case the social work
practitioner works at multiple facilities providing social work services, he/she
is entitled to salary, allowances, remuneration and bonus (if any) according to
regulations of law.
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6. To participate in socio-professional
organizations for social work.
Article 22. Right to refuse to provide social
work services
A social work practitioner reserves the right to
refuse to provide social work services in the following cases:
1. The social work services are beyond the scope of
the certificate of eligibility for practice or contrary to the certificate of
eligibility for practice.
2. The provision of social work services
contradicts regulations of law or social work ethics.
3. The social work service user or their relative
causes harm to the body, health, life, honor, and dignity of the social worker
practitioner.
4. Other cases prescribed by law.
Article 23. Right to have their professional
expertise in social work improved
1. Be provided with training or re-training to
improve professional expertise and update knowledge about social work
appropriate to their practice.
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Article 24. Right to be provided with protection
upon practice of social work
1. To have their health, life, honor and body
protected.
2. In case his/her life, health, honor or dignity
is harmed, the social work practitioner is permitted to temporarily leave the
workplace and the facility providing social work services; the local authority
in the area where the case occurs shall take measures to protect the social
work practitioner.
Article 25. Right to implement social work
intervention measures
Preside over or cooperate with police authorities
or relevant authorities in applying social work measures with a view to
prevention, intervention, provision of therapy, protection or care,
rehabilitation, development support, provision of advice, provision of
assistance and protection of legitimate rights and interests of persons
suffering physical or mental harm from violence, abuse or exploitation and
other clients as prescribed by law.
Section 2. OBLIGATIONS OF SOCIAL WORK
PRACTITIONERS
Article 26. Obligations of social work
practitioners to social work service users
1. Respect rights of social work services; have a
courteous and empathetic attitude.
2. Provide advice and information as prescribed.
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Article 27. Obligations of social work
practitioners to their profession
1. Comply with regulations on professional
expertise in social work.
2. Assume responsibility for professional decisions
and social work methods.
3. Regularly study and update knowledge about
social work to improve professional expertise in social work; take
responsibility for paying for training, refresher training and knowledge
updating costs; practice social work, unless otherwise prescribed by law.
4. Be dedicated to the practice of social work.
5. Keep confidentiality of information provided by
social work service users, unless prescribed by law.
6. Notify competent persons of cases where other
social work practitioners violate professional ethics against social work
service users or colleagues or violate the provisions of this Decree.
7. Do not perform prohibited acts specified in
Article 10 of this Decree.
Article 28. Obligations of social work
practitioners to their colleagues
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2. Protect the honor and reputation of colleagues.
Article 29. Obligations of social work
practitioners to the society
1. Participate in community development.
2. Participate in monitoring the professional competence
and professional ethics of their fellow social work practitioners.
Article 30. Obligations of social work
practitioners to professional ethics
1. Adhere to professional ethics upon practice of
social work.
2. Comply with the code of social work ethics laid
down by the Minister of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.
Section 3. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PRACTICE
Article 31. Eligibility requirements for social
work practice
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1. He/she has obtained a diploma, advanced diploma,
bachelor’s degree or postgraduate degree in social work, sociology, psychology,
special education or other social sciences as prescribed by law.
2. He/she is physically fit for practice of social
work.
3. He/she does not fall into the cases specified in
Article 32 of this Decree and other cases in accordance with regulations of law
on penalties for administrative violations.
4. He/she has an unexpired certificate of
eligibility for social work practice issued by a competent authority.
Article 32. Prohibition from social work
practice
A person is banned from practicing social work if:
1. He/she has unspent conviction.
2. He/she is sent to a compulsory education
institution, compulsory rehabilitation center or reform school or given
education at a commune, ward or commune-level town as an administrative
penalty.
3. He/she is facing a criminal prosecution.
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Article 33. Use of language in practice of
social work
1. Language used in social work is Vietnamese,
except for the case specified in clause 2 of this Article.
2. Social work practitioners, foreign nationals and
overseas Vietnamese are entitled to use a language other than Vietnamese to
provide social work services at the request of clients and take responsibility
for quality of such social work services.
Article 34. Updating knowledge about social work
1. Social work practitioners shall update knowledge
about social work appropriate to their social work practice.
2. Knowledge about social work may be updated
adopting the following methods:
a) Joining short-term training, coaching or
refresher training courses, conferences, workshops and seminars on social work
appropriate to the social work practice.
b) Participating in compiling textbooks, teaching
materials, and professional documents on social work.
c) Conducting scientific researches on social work
and teach social work within the range of practice.
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3. Social work practitioners shall join a training
course with an average of at least 24 class periods/year or at least 120 class
periods/05 years to update social work knowledge during their social work
practice. Agencies and units employing social work practitioners shall enable
them to update knowledge.
4. Facilities providing social work services,
social work schools, centers and training institutions shall organize the
updating of social work knowledge and issue certificates of updated social work
knowledge to social work practitioners according to the Form No. 02 in the
Appendix to this Decree.
5. Plans, contents, methods, programs and documents
intended for updating of social work knowledge must be approved by competent
authorities.
6. The certificate of updated social work knowledge
is provided in the Form No. 02 in the Appendix to this Decree.
7. The Minister of Labor - Invalids and Social
Affairs shall elaborate this Article.
Section 4. SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
Article 35. Social work practice
1. Any applicant for the certificate of eligibility
for social work practice must participate in social work practice as prescribed
in clause 2 of this Article, except where he/she has been granted a license for
social work practice by a competent foreign authority or organization.
2. The practice of social work shall adhere to the
following principles:
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b) Social work must be practiced at units and
facilities providing social work services (social support facilities,
rehabilitation centers, health facilities, education institutions and other
facilities as prescribed by law) with the scope of professional operations
appropriate to the details of practice.
c) The minimum duration of practice required for a
person holding a bachelor’s degree is 12 months, an advanced diploma is 09
months and a diploma is 06 months at a facility providing social network
services.
d) The practitioner must accept the assignment by
and comply with instructions of the practice instructor and must respect the
rights and obligations of social work service users.
Article 36. Organizing social work practice
1. Receive a practitioner:
a) The practitioner must submit an application for
practice according to Form No. 03 in the Appendix to this Decree and submit a
copy and present the original of the relevant diploma or certificate (if any)
to the unit or facility providing social work services to which the practice is
applied.
b) The head of the unit or facility providing
social work services shall receive the practitioner within 03 working days from
the date of receiving the application. If the application is rejected, the within
01 working day, the head of the unit or facility providing social work services
shall provide a written explanation.
2. Assign a practice instructor:
The head of the unit or facility providing social
work services shall issue a decision to assign practice instructor according to
the Form No. 04 in the Appendix to this Decree. A practice instructor is only
allowed to instruct a maximum of 5 practitioners at a time.
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a) His/her scope of professional operations is
appropriate to the details and fields of social work practice; has worked for
the unit or facility providing social work services for 3 years or more.
b) His/her qualification level is equivalent to or
higher than that of the practitioner.
4. Responsibilities of the practice instructor:
a) Instruct practitioners in social work practice.
b) Within 02 working days from the end of the
practice duration, give a written comment on the practice process, competence, professional
expertise, practice skills and compliance with code of social work ethics and
request the head of the unit or facility providing social work services to
issue a certificate of practice.
c) Bear responsibility in case any practitioner
makes professional mistakes during the practice process, thereby affecting the
health and interests of clients through the practice instructor’s fault.
5. Issue a certificate of practice: Within 05
working days from the date of receiving the practice instructor’s written
comment, the head of the unit or facility providing social work services shall
issue a certificate of practice according to the Form No. 05 in the Appendix to
this Decree.
Article 37. Training and refresher training for
social work practitioners and social workers
1. Units and facilities providing social work
services shall organize and enable social work practitioners and social workers
to participate in training courses on and updating of social work knowledge in
terms of professional operations and professional ethics.
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3. Agencies, organizations and facilities that
update social work knowledge which are tasked with training, retraining,
coaching and refresher training to improve professional expertise of social
work practitioners and social workers must meet the standard training framework
issued by the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.
Section 5. APPLYING FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
Article 38. Certificate of eligibility for
social work practice
1. Each social work practitioner shall be granted
01 certificate of eligibility for social work practice.
2. The granted certificate of eligibility for
social work practice shall be valid nationwide for 05 years.
3. A certificate of eligibility for social work
practice shall contain the following basic information:
a) Full name; date of birth; nationality; personal
identification number or ID card number, passport number.
b) Details of social work practice.
c) Effective period of the certificate of
eligibility for social work practice.
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4. The certificate of eligibility for social work
practice is provided in the Form No. 06 in the Appendix to this Decree.
Article 39. Authority to issue, re-issue and
revoke certificates of eligibility for social work practice
Departments of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs
shall issue, re-issue and revoke certificates of eligibility for social work
practice of social work practitioners working at units and facilities providing
social work services, training institutions and vocational education and
training institutions headquartered within their provinces; independent social
work practitioners.
Article 40. Application for first issuance of
certificate of eligibility for social work practice
1. An application form for social work practice,
which is made using the Form No. 07 in the Appendix to this Decree (hereinafter
referred to as “application form for practice).
2. A certificate of successful completion of social
work practice.
3. A copy of the diploma, degree or certificate in
social work, sociology, psychology, special education or other social sciences
as prescribed by law.
4. A fit-to-work certificate issued by a competent
health facility no more than 12 months before the date of submitting the
application for issuance of the practicing certificate.
5. 02 04 x 06 cm color photos taken against a white
background no more than 06 months before the date of submitting the
application.
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1. The applicant for issuance of certificate of
eligibility for social work practice shall submit 01 application in person or
online as prescribed in Article 40 of this Decree to the competent authority.
2. Within 07 working days from the date of
receiving a sufficient application as prescribed, the competent authority shall
issue the certificate of eligibility for social work practice. If the
application is invalid, provide a written explanation within 03 working days.
3. The Department of Labor - Invalids and Social
Affairs shall announce and publicize the list of social work practitioners on
the web portal of the provincial People’s Committee and Department of Labor -
Invalids and Social Affairs issuing the certificate of eligibility for social
work practice.
Article 42. Re-issuance of certificate of
eligibility for social work practice
1. The certificate of eligibility for social work
practice shall be re-issued in any of the following cases:
a) The certificate of eligibility for social work
practice is lost or damaged.
b) Any information specified in point a, b or c
clause 3 Article 38 of this Decree is changed or erroneous.
c) The certificate of eligibility for social work
practice expires as prescribed in clause 2 Article 38 of this Decree.
2. An application for re-issuance of certificate of
eligibility for social work practice is composed of:
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b) An original of the certificate of eligibility
for social work practice in case it is damaged or information thereon is
changed or erroneous.
c) A copy of the diploma or certificate appropriate
to the detail of practice to be changed in case of change of information as
specified in point b clause 3 Article 38 of this Decree.
d) 02 04 x 06 cm color photos taken against a white
background no more than 06 months before the date of submitting the
application.
dd) The certificate of updated social work
knowledge equivalent to 120 class periods in a period of 05 years in the case
specified in point c clause 1 of this Article.
3. Procedures for re-issuance of certificate of
eligibility for social work practice
a) The applicant for re-issuance of certificate of
eligibility for social work practice shall submit 01 application in person or
online as prescribed in clause 2 of this Article to the competent authority.
b) The social work practitioner must complete the
procedures for re-issuance of the certificate of eligibility for social work
practice at least 15 days before the expiry date of the certificate of
eligibility for social work practice.
c) Within 05 working days from the date of
receiving a sufficient application as prescribed, the authority competent to
issue the certificate of eligibility for social work practice shall re-issue
the certificate of eligibility for social work practice. If the application is
invalid, provide a written explanation within 02 working days.
Article 43. Revocation of certificate of
eligibility for social work practice
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a) Any document in the application for issuance of
certificate of eligibility for social work practice is forged.
b) The social work practitioner fails to satisfy
the requirements for updating of social work knowledge prescribed in clause 3
Article 34 of this Decree.
c) The social work practitioner returns the
certificate of eligibility for social work practice himself/herself.
d) The social work practitioner falls into one of
the cases of prohibition from social work practice specified in Article 10 and
Article 32 of this Decree.
dd) The social work practitioner violates
professional ethics, thereby adversely affecting physical and mental health,
and dignity of clients according to the conclusion given by the competent
authority.
2. After the certificate of eligibility for social
work practice is revoked, if the social work practitioner wishes to keep
practice, he/she must apply for issuance of a new certificate of eligibility
for social work practice as prescribed in this Decree after 05 years from the
date of revocation.
Article 44. Regulations on applying for social
work practice in Vietnam applicable to foreign nationals and overseas
Vietnamese
1. A foreign national or overseas Vietnamese is
entitled to practice social work in Vietnam if he/she has an unexpired license
for social work practice issued by the competent foreign authority or
organization recognized under the treaty or international agreement to which
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a signatory.
2. An application for social work practice in
Vietnam consists of:
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b) The license for social work practice which has
been granted by the competent foreign authority or organization and undergone
consular legalization according to Vietnam’s laws.
3. Procedures for applying for social work practice
in Vietnam
a) The foreign national or overseas Vietnamese
shall submit 01 application as prescribed in clause 2 of this Article to the
competent authority specified in Article 39 of this Decree.
b) Within 07 working days from the date of
receiving the application, the competent authority specified in Article 39 of
this Decree shall issue the certificate of eligibility for social work practice
according to the Form No. 06 in the Appendix to this Decree. If the application
is unsatisfactory, provide a written explanation within 03 working days.
4. Where a foreign national or overseas Vietnamese
issued with the license for social work practice issued by the competent
foreign authority or organization recognized has carried out social work in
Vietnam for clients in batches, cooperated in social work training and practice
or transferred technical know-hows in social work practice, he/she is not
required to follow the procedures for applying for social work practice in
Vietnam as prescribed in this Article.
Chapter IV
RESPONSIBILITY FOR STATE MANAGEMENT
Article 45. Responsibilities of ministries and
central authorities
1. The Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social
Affairs shall assist the Government in performing uniform state management of
social work and has the following tasks and powers:
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b) Submit to a competent authority for promulgation
of or promulgate under its authority mechanisms, policies and legislative
documents on social work; professional ethical standards applicable to social
workers; instructions on social work practice.
c) Preside over and cooperate with the Ministry of
Home Affairs and relevant ministries and central authorities in studying,
formulating and perfecting standards applicable to job titles of social workers
and salary regimes applicable to public officials, public employees and
employees doing social work.
d) Perform uniform management of the issuance,
re-issuance and revocation of certificates of eligibility for social work
practice.
dd) Organize training, retraining and professional
training in social work and provide refresher training to and develop
competence of social workers and social work practitioners; communicate to
raise awareness of social work.
e) Apply information technology in the field of
social work; build an information system to manage social workers, social work
practitioners, facilities providing social work services and social work
service users.
2. The Ministry of Health shall preside over
providing guidelines on social work in medical field and perform other tasks
according to its functions and tasks of state management.
3. The Ministry of Education and Training shall
preside over and cooperate with relevant ministries, central authorities and
relevant authorities to complete legislative documents on social work at
education and training institutions under its state management and provide
guidance on their implementation; set up projects on social work and perform
other tasks according to its functions and tasks of state management.
4. The Ministry of Public Security shall preside
over providing guidelines on social work in detention facilities, compulsory
education institutions and reform schools, and perform other tasks according to
its functions and tasks of state management.
5. The Ministry of Justice shall cooperate with the
Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs to complete mechanisms and
policies on social work development; cooperate with ministries and central
authorities to provide guidance on social work in the areas of justice and
adoption; provide legal assistance and perform other social work-related activities
according to its functions and tasks of state management.
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7. The Ministry of Finance shall consolidate social
work policies, schemes, projects and programs and request competent authorities
to provide funding for implementation thereof according to regulations of law
on state budget.
8. Ministries and central authorities shall provide
guidance and implement this Decree according to the functions and tasks
assigned by competent authorities.
Article 46. Responsibilities of provincial
People’s Committees
1. Direct, provide guidance on and organize the
implementation of Decree on social work within their provinces.
2. Provide funding and human resources for
implementation of schemes, projects, programs and tasks for social work
development within their provinces.
3. Direct, provide guidelines on and organize the
issuance, re-issuance and revocation of certificates of eligibility for social
work practice under their authority.
4. Carry out examination and inspection, impose
penalties for violations and handle complaints and denunciations on
organization and activities of social work practitioners under their management.
5. Submit an annual report (before the 15th
of December) and ad hoc reports on the implementation of Decree on social work
within their provinces to the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs
for consolidation and reporting to the Prime Minister.
Chapter V
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Article 47. Effect
1. This Decree comes into force from October 15,
2024.
2. As of January 01, 2027, every social work
practitioner is required to obtain the certificate of eligibility for social
work practice as prescribed in this Decree.
Article 48. Responsibility for implementation
Ministers, heads of ministerial agencies, heads of
Governmental agencies, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces and
central-affiliated cities are responsible for the implementation of this
Decree.
FOR THE
GOVERNMENT
PP. THE PRIME MINISTER
THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Le Thanh Long