Vietnam Adoptions Forums

January 1, 2012, 9:03 am

Vietnam has not yet articulated rules on what children will be considered eligible for adoption. In most countries, however, sibling groups will be available. One question is how you define sibling groups. If you are looking for infant or toddler twins, remember that twin births are rare in...

December 3, 2011, 10:34 am

Hi, Sorry for the late response. Agencies wont be approved until things clear up a bit. Agencies that were approved before do not know at this time if they will be approved again. We will just have to wait and see what happens.

February 2, 2011, 7:32 pm

Thanks so much for responding.

January 13, 2011, 3:58 pm

I am a Master’s of Social Work student conducting a clinical research project in international adoption, specifically the areas of birth country culture, adult adjustment, and interpersonal relationships. I invite you to participate in a survey. If you are over the age of 18 and were adopted from...

December 21, 2010, 8:59 pm

Just wondering if anyone from Canada has successfully adopted from Vietnam. My husband and I are hoping to adopt internationally for our second baby and are just doing research right now. Looking to connect with others who are interested in adopting from vietnam or have done so. Thanks.

January 20, 2010, 12:12 am

You want to know about Hung Yen province? It is a small province, about 1h drive from Hanoi.

July 27, 2009, 2:03 pm

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January 20, 2010, 12:20 am

Just wonder anyone in the same situation to share. We are still waiting for invitation by the Vietnam province after the DNA test and police investigation. Our son will be 2 in July this year. We have his referral since he was 3 days old plus a year of paper work before the referral. We have been...

April 4, 2009, 6:19 pm

We are among the families that did not receive their referral before the closure. And after much soul searching, we have decided that our child much be somewhere else. So, I have some items that I had purchased for our child when I thought they were coming from Vietnam. I have posted them on...

March 17, 2009, 2:14 am

The Yash Experience

March 4, 2009, 5:49 pm

Thank God for that at least! I hope, hope, hope that Vietnam & the U.S. will eventually renew their adoption agreement but in the meantime, this is at least a small glimmer of hope for the people who are in the worst possible position.

February 18, 2009, 3:14 pm

Congrats to you and your family! Have just begun considering adopting from Vietnam and was told that no new applications are being accepted at this time due to the lapse of an agreement between the US and Vietnam. Not sure if this is temporary or if it could a matter of years before its resolved....

February 2, 2009, 5:07 pm

Aw! She is so cute! How wonderful!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you. I completely agree with you. She's a doll in looks and personalities.

December 31, 2008, 12:33 am

Anyone have any experience or thoughts on adopting 2 unrelated children (2-3 years apart in age) who were in the same orphanage and prepared for being adopted together? I'm looking at an orphanage in Africa that will only allow children adopted in pairs, but they do a lot of preparation with them,...

December 23, 2008, 11:30 am

U.S. Rep. David Price hopes the United States can soon complete an agreement with Vietnam on international adoptions after a breakdown between the two countries this year. Vietnam ended its agreement with the United States this fall after the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said it had found cases of...