Social protection is one of the main instruments in addressing poverty and inequality and is one of the fundamental human rights.
According to World Bank, Social assistance/Social safety net programs are non-contributory transfers in cash or in-kind and are usually targeted at the poor and vulnerable. Some programs are focused on improving chronic poverty or providing equality of opportunity; others more on protecting families from shocks and longstanding losses they can inflict for the unprotected poor. These programs also known as social safety net programs or social welfare, include cash transfers (conditional and unconditional), in-kind transfers, such as school feeding and targeted food assistance, and near cash benefits such as fee waivers and food vouchers. 
According to MOLISA’s Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Hoi, social protection establishments taking care of the elderly; Social protection establishments on taking care of children with special circumstances and disabled; providing care and rehabilitation for people with mental disorders and mental disorders; General social protection establishments; Social work center; Drug addiction treatment facility are necessary. 
Therefore, it is necessary to have the planning of the network of social assistance establishments for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, must account for factors affecting social assistance activities such as population aging, climate change, etc. report the needs of each planning object.
“The planning is based on the viewpoint that the planning of the network of social assistance establishments must be suitable to the characteristics of each localities, the population structure and the number of people in need of social assistance; create favorable conditions for people to access and enjoy social assistance services; ensure compatibility with the investment capacity of the State and the ability to mobilize social resources; ..." - Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Hoi , emphasized.
Evaluating the draft planning scheme, the participants basically agreed with the project and said that this is one of the elaborately written projects, detailed, clarifying the legal and practical basis. of planning. The project has shown the need to plan the network of social assistance facilities, as well as to review and evaluate the strengths and limitations of the planning work in the previous period.
Expert Nguyen Hai Huu, shared: When analyzing and forecasting the planning of the network of social assistance establishments, it is necessary to pay attention to the whole group of voluntary subjects because of the increasing demand. Besides clarifying the forecasting method, this is a very difficult problem. There must be a practical basis for forecasting. Because, each object needs to have a specific way of forecasting, paying more attention to the elderly because our country is in the context of rapid population aging.

According to the opinion of Mr. Bui Si Tuan, Deputy Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Labour - Invalids and Social Affairs, the factors affecting the planning need to be clarified, especially the challenges to the social security system. Social issues, such as population aging, climate change, migrant workers, social issues such as autistic children, domestic violence, etc. should be specified. Only in this way will it increase the persuasiveness of the Project.
Mr. Le Ngu Binh, Deputy Director of the Institute of Sciences of Labour and Social Affairs, said: The planning of the network of social assistance facilities must also take into account specific objects and need regional centers to meet the needs of the community. At the same time, there is a framework/standard in terms of scale to arrange and convert facilities that are not suitable or effective, do not meet the standards...
Concluding the workshop, Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Hoi affirmed the necessity of planning and said that the planning with the goal of developing a network of social assistance facilities to meet the needs of accessing and receiving services from social assistance services of all subjects. At the same time, improve the quality of service, care and support for the disadvantaged at the center and in the community. This is also the basis for implementing the medium-term public investment plan nationwide under the Ministry's State management on social assistance.
The planning must be suitable for each target group, each region, and locality and ensure continuity, inheritance, stability and hierarchy in the national planning system.