Regulations on introducing children for adoption and receiving disabled children in Vietnam

1. How are the bases for introducing foreign children for adoption regulated?

Article 35 of the Adoption Law regulates the bases for introducing foreign children for adoption as follows:

Introducing foreign children for adoption is carried out for the benefit of children, taking into account the interests of adoptive parents based on ensuring the following basic requirements:

1. Characteristics, interests, notable habits of children;

2. Children's integration and development abilities;

3. Economic conditions, family and social environment, and the wishes of adoptive parents.

2. How are the regulations on receiving disabled children for adoption, children with severe illnesses regulated?

Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 3 of Decree No. 19/2011/ND-CP (amended and supplemented) regulate the adoption of disabled children, children with severe illnesses as follows:

1. Disabled children, children with severe illnesses are adopted according to the provisions of point d, clause 2 of Article 28 of the Adoption Law, including children with cleft lip and palate; children who are blind in one or both eyes; children who are mute, deaf; children with clubfoot, hand deformities; children without fingers or toes; children infected with HIV; children with heart diseases; children without anus or genital organs; children with other disabilities or severe illnesses requiring urgent or lifelong treatment.

2. Children falling under the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article, if adopted abroad, will be exempted from the procedures for locating substitute families as stipulated in point c, point d of clause 2 of Article 15 and the procedures for introducing adopted children as regulated in paragraph 1 of Article 36 of the Adoption Law.