VIETNAM   ADOPTION

The current agreement between the US and Vietnam that was signed in 2005 expires in 2008.  The US and Vietnam are in discussions regarding the re-signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding.  However, there is no guarantee that the agreement will be resigned. If the agreement is not signed next year, the future of Vietnam adoptions continuing is uncertain.  This will not affect adoptions already in process or those families who have submitted a dossier to Vietnam.  Please see the statement posted on the US Embassy in Hanoi’s web site: http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/adoptionstatement1107.html

LICENSED AND ACCREDITED:  We are a full service, licensed, not-for-profit child adoption and humanitarian agency, accredited by the COA and well organized in Vietnam where we have worked for many years.  We have an experienced and outstanding bi-lingual team in Vietnam who take care of every family and every detail of the adoption.  Our work is based on relationships that have been established for many years.  We are accredited by the Council on Accreditation, which is the highest level possible for a placement agency and pursuant to the Hague.

Children's Hope International began working in Vietnam in 1998. We have been doing humanitarian aid there ever since and did not stop our humanitarian aid support during the 3 year moratorium. From 2003 to 2006, adoptions in Vietnam closed to US families and the entire adoption system in Vietnam was restructured. In June 2005, the US and Vietnam signed the memorandum of agreement to allow adoptions to resume with US families. Vietnam now requires that all agencies be licensed. CHI was licensed on January 25, 2006 and we completed 60 adoptions the first year it opened.

Children's Hope International has representatives
working for Vietnam adoption in 50 states.

Our In-Country Vietnam Team

For more information about our Vietnam Adoption Program, click here.

Reference Families tell their story....

Pam.Bischoff@ChildrensHope.net or you can call our office at 314-890-0086