Adoption Program

Vietnam

 

HIC is no longer accepting new applications for the Vietnam program and does not anticipate program openings anytime in the forseeable future.

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We are sorry to announce the imminent closure of the Vietnam adoption program. While we continue to process our pending cases, we are no longer accepting new applications. The current bilateral agreement, under which adoptions have been allowed to proceed, is scheduled to end on September 1, 2008. There are no plans for a renegotiation.

History of Adoption

Vietnam has a long history of international adoption. As a result of the Vietnam War, the population of orphans, both Vietnamese as well as AmerAsian (children of Vietnamese women and American service men) increased dramatically. Americans adopted tens of thousands of Vietnamese orphans, many of whom were airlifted in so called baby lifts to the United States. While the number of Vietnamese adoptions to the United States eventually decreased, Americans continued to adopt from Vietnam. In the late 1990's and again in 2000, adoptions were temporarily halted. In 2006 Vietnam and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Vietnam reopened its doors to international adoption. This MOU expires September 1, 2008.

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