MENTAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AT HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY, VIETNAM Abstract Objective: Today’s life with changes in many aspects has brought people significant advantages and conveniences, but at the same time it has also caused physical and mental consequences for each person, especially mental health problems. Science has had many studies showing the impact of mental health on the quality of life, work efficiency, learning outcomes, etc. Therefore, when facing mental health problems, individuals need help to overcome the psychological problems they are facing to have healthier and more positive mental health. The scope of this study refers to the need for mental health care of students at Ho Chi Minh City Open University. Methodology: This study, based on theories of mental health, models and solutions to support mental health care, we built a questionnaire with 05 groups of basic needs to help students improve their physical and mental health for healthy mental health. Specifically, the care needs for self-satisfaction; The care needs for healthy emotional expression; the need to care for satisfaction in relationships with others; the full care needs are able to maintain a stable psychological state in life and the care needs for improving the ability to cope with difficulties in learning and working. After completion, we conducted a pilot survey on a small sample to check the reliability of the questionnaire and calibrate the scale. With an alpha coefficient of 0.98-meaning that the scale has a high reliability coefficient. Results: The mean score results show that all 05 groups of needs included in the study are of interest to the subjects and all have a desire to be met. Specifically: (1) The care needs for self-satisfaction has an mean score of 3.13 and a standard deviation of 0.73, a high level of need on the rating scale; care needs for expressing healthy emotions has an mean score of 3.45 and a standard deviation of 0.58, a very high level of need on the rating scale; the care needs for satisfaction in relationships with others has an mean score of 3.34 and a standard deviation of 0.65, a very high level of need on the rating scale; the full care needs are able to maintain a stable psychological state in life has an mean score of 4.42 and a standard deviation of 0.60, a very high need level in the assessment scale and the care needs for improving the ability to cope with difficulties in learning and working has an mean score of 3.19 and a standard deviation of 0.74, a high need level in the assessment scale. Conclusion: The research results show that students of Ho Chi Minh City Open University have a very high level of mental health care needs. Students clearly show mental health care needs in all the contents that need to be cared for. Among the component needs of mental health care needs, the need that students pay more attention than the remaining needs is the full care needs are able to maintain a stable psychological state in life. The need that students care less about than the remaining needs is the care needs for self-satisfaction. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 25 (10) December, 2024; 1-13.