School Social Work in Vietnam Theories and Practice

School social work is a profession formed and developed from very early in many countries around the world. In Vietnam, this profession is quite new, although the school problems still occur daily at schools such as school violence, sexual abuse, drug abuse, prostitution, game addiction, alcoholism, gambling, truancy, etc. To solve the emerging problems, building a network of school social work to manage the school problems is require. In addition, training of Social work in schools are rapidly developing in Vietnam and it is facing new challenges as it blends the historical, political and cultural influences. This article shows an overview of the theory and practice of school social work in general and training social work school in particular. Especially the challenges and development orientation of this sector in the process of international integration in the current period.