His involvement illustrates RTCCD’s commitment to assisting  MOLISA and the WHO, Vietnam in conducting a series of studies to improve the performance of MOLISA’s social protection centres for patients with mental disorders and to develop social services for community mental health care in Vietnam (for more information, see Assessment of the MOLISA social protection centres for people with severe mental disorders).

This delegation process was led by Mr. Nguyen Trong Dam, the Vice Minister responsible for the social protection of MOLISA. The delegates’ principle role is to research the structure and performance of the mental health care system in Victoria, with a particular focus on the development of community-based social programmes for individuals with mental disorders. The delegates participated in the discussions about training for social workers and their role in the provision of mental health care services.

The study tour received financial support from the Centre for International Mental Health, the School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, within the framework of the project “Establishment of a National Taskforce for Community Mental Health in Vietnam”.