Child adoption programme under review
A total of 123 children needing special medical care have been adopted by foreigners in the last two years through a Ministry of Justice programme.
They come from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Danang and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where 1,088 children are in need of medical attention.
The figures were released at a on March 22 conference to review the programme launched by the ministry’s Department of Child Adoption over the past two years.
Deputy Justice Minister Dinh Trung Tung underlined the significance of the programme at a time when the country is experiencing major changes in its legal institutions.
The programme has created a breakthrough in the adoption progress, especially when new regulations and procedures of the Law on Adoption and The Hague Convention have hindered foreigners adopting children.
Representatives of the HCM City Justice Department said the programme has brought practical outcomes in the caring and protection of children, especially those in special difficulty, children with disabilities or terminally ill. The adopted children will receive better care, they added.