The study of social protection in the context of Vietnam’s modernisation and international integration requires that attention be paid to social protection policies for Vietnamese families. However, there are currently few social protection policies targeting families specifically, in other words, policies that regard families as the beneficiary or subject of intervention. Meanwhile, various social protection policies exist for specific subjects and members of the family. This reflects the shortage of social protection policies for families today. | Social Protection Policy for Vietnamese Families Dang Nguyen Anh1 1 Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Email: danganhphat1609@ Received: 6 June 2017. Accepted: 7 July 2017. Abstract: The study of social protection in the context of Vietnam’s modernisation and international integration requires that attention be paid to social protection policies for Vietnamese families. However, there are currently few social protection policies targeting families specifically, in other words, policies that regard families as the beneficiary or subject of intervention. Meanwhile, various social protection policies exist for specific subjects and members of the family. This reflects the shortage of social protection policies for families today. Keywords: Social protection, family, social protection policy, Vietnam. Subject classification: Sociology 1. Introduction The social protection system is based on the risk management model consisting of three strategies: risk prevention, risk mitigation, and risk remedy. The system is the full set of State policies aimed at helping individuals, families and social groups to manage risks, uncertainties, and supporting the poorest and most vulnerable in the society. A proper social protection system will contribute significantly to the development of a nation. Moreover, through social protection policies, the State can also redistribute income and services to vulnerable social groups and low-income families, helping eradicate poverty and narrow the gap of social inequality. Social protection is an important component in a nation’s social programmes – it helps generate social stability, bridge the poorrich divide, regulate the social stratification process, and to create a general consensus between social segments and population groups in the process of development. Thus, social protection policies have deep economic, social and also humanity aspects. There is broad consensus that a properly functioning social protection system .
