Vietnam

Holt began serving orphaned, abandoned

and vulnerable children in Vietnam in 1973.

Although adoption from Vietnam to the U.S.

was placed on hold in 2008, in 2014 Holt

was one of the few U.S. agencies licensed to

resume adoptions from Vietnam. Through

the years, we have helped thousands of

children to remain with their families and

united more than 400 children from Vietnam

with loving, adoptive families in the U.S.

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For many children in Vietnam, international adoption remains the best route to a stable, loving family. While children waiting for families are diverse in many ways, children who have more involved special needs, are older or are part of a sibling group are in greatest need of families. To provide specialized care for children with special needs, many live in government-run childcare centers where they receive routine immunizations and have access to healthcare.

The Children Who Need Families Today Around the world, children come into temporary care for a variety of reasons. The most common reasons in Vietnam, however, are the stigma of single parenthood, poverty and family illness or other family crises. Without the resources to care for them, many families also relinquish children born with special medical or developmental needs. When children cannot be reunited with their families, Holt seeks a family for them through either domestic or international adoption.

Children waiting for families are of diverse ages and needs. Under the current pilot adoption program, children between the ages of 1-to-5 years old who are eligible to be matched with families have moderate-to-major medical or developmental needs. Sibling groups and children above age 5 may or may not have special needs. And while both girls and boys are waiting for families, boys typically wait longer.

Children With Special Needs In Vietnam, younger children who are waiting for families may have a range of special needs, often including one or more of the following conditions. While adoptive families that are open to multiple special needs may be matched faster, we can help you and your family determine what special needs you are open to and able to meet. Here are some of the special needs that a child may have:

• Limb differences • Hearing or vision impairment • Congenital heart conditions• Down syndrome• Mental and/or physical development delay• Birth family history: birth parent substance

abuse, mental illness or learning disability

Eligibility: Adoptive parents can be up to age 54 at time of application, and older parents can be considered on a case-by-case basis. Couples must be married for at least two years at the time of application, and single parents are also able to adopt through this program. There can be up to four children already in the home.

Learn More: If you are interested in learning more about Vietnamese children who are waiting for families through international adoption, please contact Caitlin Howe at caitlinh@holtinternational.org or 541.687.2202. For information about children on the waiting child photolisting, contact Kristen Henry at kristenh@holtinternational.org.

Holt International Vietnam Adoption Program

Post Office Box 2880 • Eugene, OR 97402 • www.holtinternational.org • 888.355.HOLT