Arbre de la Vie - Adoption

Additional Information on the Operation of the U.S. – Vietnamese Special Adoption Program

Vietnam’s central adoption authority, the Ministry of Justice’s Department of Adoptions (MOJ/DA), has recently clarified certain aspects of the U.S. – Vietnamese Special Adoption Program, a program for Hague Convention adoptions of children with special needs, aged five or older, and in biological sibling groups. According to MOJ/DA, healthy children who live outside of orphanages currently do not qualify for the Special Adoption Program, even if they are aged five or older or are in biological sibling groups. The MOJ/DA has also indicated that these same criteria apply to children who are related to a prospective adoptive parent.