Historical development and characteristics of social work in today’s Vietnam

Oanh, Nguyen Thi Hoang

doi:10.1111/1468-2397.00199

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“…For hundreds of years, families and local communities were primary sources of support for people in need of help (Oanh, 2002). Tens of thousands of Buddhist temples embedded in every village also played a significant role in providing food, shelter, counseling, and spiritual support for individuals, families, and whole communities (V. H. Nguyen, 2014).…”

Section: Background: Social Work In Vietnammentioning

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Vision, Challenges and Solutions in the Development of Professional Social Work in Vietnam: Perceptions of Key Stakeholders

Nguyen

Farber

2017

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It was not until 2010 that social work was officially recognized as a profession in Vietnam when the government approved a national master blueprint to develop social work. This blueprint identified seven strategic objectives including: creating a foundational labor force, developing laws and policies, and raising awareness about social work. This exploratory study examines the degree to which key stakeholders in Vietnam have shared vision and perceptions about the challenges and solutions necessary to make this ambitious plan for Vietnamese social work succeed. An anonymous survey was conducted with 65 policy makers, educators, service providers, and practitioners. The survey revealed that key stakeholders in held a shared vision about Vietnamese social work, focusing on making it a genuine profession. They identified the top challenges for Vietnamese social work as lack of national policy and regulations, lack of public awareness about the profession, and lack of resources to develop high quality social work education. Key stakeholders considered social work to be an integral function of the government and, as such, depend upon the government to lay the foundation for, provide direction to, and make available the resources necessary for the profession to grow. In other words, there would not be a Vietnamese social work profession outside of and without the Vietnamese government, unlike how the social work profession has developed in many western countries.

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Section: Background: Social Work In Vietnammentioning

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“…It was not until 2010 that the term "social work" was re-introduced into national public discourse when the Vietnam Prime Minister approved Decree 32 about Developing Social Work Profession in Vietnam (Oanh, 2002;V. H. Nguyen, 2009;V.…”

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Vision, Challenges and Solutions in the Development of Professional Social Work in Vietnam: Perceptions of Key Stakeholders

Nguyen

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2017

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“…Vietnam's educational system has been greatly influenced by Confucianism and socialist teachings, which comprise 'moral education' as defined in Vietnam (Doan, 2005;Durst et al, 2010;Ngoc, 2011;Oanh, 2002). In the Vietnamese culture, moral as a broad term emphasizes standards of right and proper behaviors that have been shaped by sociopolitical standards and values dominant in the society (Hay, 2013).…”

Section: Cultural Values and Social Work In Vietnammentioning

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Exploring the Transferability of Competency-Based Education Model to Social Work Education in Vietnam

Han

Nguyen²,

Cohen

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Social Work Education

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“…The class character of the capitalist and socialist state implies a need for a different kind of social work under each. This is connected to:  Socialism's claims to overcome the root causes of the social problems social work seeks to address rather than simply manage their consequences (Strug, 2006);  The role of socialist state, political and 'mass' organisations in tackling the same issues social work seeks to address (Oanh, 2002);  Contradictions between professional ideals of individual autonomy and socialist ideals of collective political leadership (Ngai, 1996).…”

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“…Corrigan and Leonard, 1978;Reisch and Andrews 2001;Lavalette, 2011) and This is the accepted version of a chapter published in James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences,2nd edition, has neglected much of the diversity within Marxism including the experience of socialist countries (the limited English-language literature includes Oanh, 2002;Strug, 2006;Yip, 2005). A comprehensive coverage of Marxist approaches to social work is beyond the scope of this entry.…”

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Marxist Approaches to Social Work

Vickers¹

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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This chapter explores the diversity within Marxist approaches to social work, outlining key aspects of Marxism and the implications for social work under capitalist states, in situations where states break down, and under socialist states. Within each of these contexts, key examples are explored to demonstrate the range of approaches taken. The entry argues that there has been a neglect in the English-language literature of Marxist approaches to social work under socialism, and suggests that recent moves to open up the definition of social work through the concept of 'popular social work' offer one approach to begin filling this gap.

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Historical development and characteristics of social work in today’s Vietnam

Cited by 34 publications

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Vision, Challenges and Solutions in the Development of Professional Social Work in Vietnam: Perceptions of Key Stakeholders

Vision, Challenges and Solutions in the Development of Professional Social Work in Vietnam: Perceptions of Key Stakeholders

Exploring the Transferability of Competency-Based Education Model to Social Work Education in Vietnam

Marxist Approaches to Social Work

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