Adoption Agencies and Information for Vietnam
Adoption from Vietnam to the United States has a long and rather tumultuous history. During its peak, in the late 1990's and early 2000's, Vietnam was one of top 10 sending countries to the US. In 2004-2005, adoptions to the US ceased
as a new law was implemented and agreement reached between the two countries. Adoptions resumed in 2006. Currently, adoptions are conducted at the orphanage and province level, with national oversight. Vietnam now has a national licensing approval procedure
for individual US adoption agencies.
Vietnam is requiring all U.S. adoption agencies desiring to operate in Vietnam to be licensed by the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice’s Department of International Adoptions (DIA).
Most children adopted from Vietnam have been infants, although special needs, older child and toddler adoptions are not uncommon.
VIETNAM EMBASSY IN THE UNITED STATES:
Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1233 20th Street, N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 861-2293 or (202) 861-0694
For more information about adoption from this country and about adoption agencies that can assist you, please visit the websites below. Prospective adoptive parents are advised to fully research any of the adoption agencies
they plan to use for adoption services. | 
