THE PRIME MINISTER
 
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom - Happiness
No.: 32/2010/QD-TTg
Hanoi, March 25, 2010
 
DECISION
APPROVING THE SCHEME ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION DURING 2010-2020
 
THE PRIME MINISTER
 
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the Government's Resolution No. 22/NQ-CP of May 28, 2009, promulgating the Government's plan of action to implement the

 

Resolution of the 9'1' Plenum of the Party Central Committee, Xth Congress, on a number of major tasks and solutions aiming to continue the successful implementation of the Resolution of the Xth National Party Congress,
Considering the proposal of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs,
 
DECIDES:
 
Article 1. To approve the Scheme on the development of the social work profession during 2010-2020 with the following principal contents:
I. OBJECTIVES
A. General objectives
To develop social work into a profession in Vietnam. To raise public awareness about the social work profession; to build up a contingent of social work cadres, employees, workers and collaborators sufficient in quantity and satisfactory in quality in association with developing a system of social work service establishments at all levels, contributing to building up an advanced social security system.
B. Specific objectives:
1. The 2010-2015 period
a/ To formulate and promulgate rank codes and titles and professional standards of social work public employee ranks; ethical standards of social work cadres, public employees and workers, standards and process of providing social work services; and apply salary ranks and grades to social work public employee ranks;
b/ To formulate and promulgate new legal documents or amend and supplement relevant ones in order to create a complete and uniform legal environment conducive to the development of the social work profession;