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In Vietnam, mental health problems such as emotional and behavioural difficulties are relatively common in the adolescent age group.\nObjective\nThis study aimed to estimate the prevalence of emotional-behavioural problems and prosocial behaviours in Vietnamese adolescents and identify the role of social support in these adolescents&amp;rsquo; strengths and difficulties.\nMethods\nA population sample of 582 adolescents from sixth to ninth grade from four secondary schools in Vietnam voluntarily participated by completing the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (&amp;alpha; = .64) and the Social Support Scale (&amp;alpha; = .90).\nResults\nThe research results revealed that Vietnamese adolescents suffered from considerable levels of emotional-behavioural difficulties and prosocial behaviour problems. Through multible regression analysis, support from their families significantly predicted to decrease students&amp;rsquo; emotional and behavioural symptoms (&amp;beta;&lt; 0; p&lt; .05) and increasing prosocial behaviours (&amp;beta;&gt; 0; p &lt; .05). In contrast, friend support only contribute to protecting adolescents from behavioural problems (&amp;beta; = -.18; p &lt; .05) and encouraged prosocial behaviours (&amp;beta; = .22; p &lt; .05)\nDiscussion\nFamily support had a central role in its positive contribution to reducing emotional-behavioural and prosocial behaviour problems. Friend support only decreased behavioural problems and encouraged prosocial behaviours. 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