The Vietnamese Ministry of Justice held a meeting in coordination with the Vietnam office of UNICEF and HOLT International Children’s Services Vietnam this past Friday to discuss the new draft law on adoption.
According to Viet Nam Net:
Participants said it is essential that adoption be regulated by law to create stability in adoptive relations and conform adoption procedures to international standard. They said that the law needs to define pre-conditions for adopting children as well as legal procedures and related consequences of child adoption. Currently, many people feel free to give away or adopt children to take advantage of State incentives.
The Party and State are paying close attention to the Adoption Law because of its moral significance. The draft law will be submitted to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly before it goes to the 6th meeting of the 12th NA for final vote.
In addition Thanh Nien News reported,
The draft law lengthens the time available for finding domestic families to adopt orphans and other needy children from 30 to 90 days before they are put up for adoption by foreign families.
Concerning recent wrongdoings found in some charity houses including taking money from adoptive parents, Khanh said the Justice Ministry will be the sole agency to put children up for adoption by foreigners.
Even for adoption by domestic families, local departments of justice and the ministry would be in charge of selecting children and introducing them to families, he added.
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