CƠ SỞ LÝ LUẬN VÀ THỰC TIỄN NHẰM HOÀN THIỆN PHÁP LUẬT VỀ CÔNG TÁC XÃ HỘI

In Viet Nam, there aretwo types of social work legislation, the onethat indirectlyregulates and the other directly regulates social work activities. In order to facilitate the development of social work to meet the needs of providingservices to people, it is necessaryto improvesocial work legislation, based on theoretical background and practical evidence. Theoretical background includes: the role of legislation for social work development, the role of social work for people, the needs of people for social work; factors influencing the process of improving social work legislation. Practical evidence includes: international experience in development of social work legislation; the legal status of social work in Vietnam, advantages, limitations,gaps and issues that need to be developed to improvesocial work legislation. This paper provides recommendations on the improvement of social work legislation in Vietnam, with focus on specialized laws and policies on social work.