New Program Off To Small, Slow Start

In their report published earlier this year, the Department of State Office of Children’s Issues published the following statistics about adoptions in Vietnam between October 1, 2015 and September 30, 2016:

DOS VN stats chart (2)

Thirteen adoptions were finalized in the first year of the new program.

The “Average Days to Completion” of those adoptions was 304 days.

The median fees were $16,072.

*Note: The chart is incorrect in stating that Vietnam is not a Hague Adoption Convention Country. Vietnam joined the Hague Adoption Convention in 2014. The correct information can be found on the Department’s page on Vietnam.

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