Can single people have right to adopt children in Vietnam? What are conditions for adopting a child in Vietnam?

Can single people have right to adopt children in Vietnam? 

I am single, no husband, no children. And I also have no intention of getting married, I just want to adopt children. Therefore, please ask, according to current law, do single people have the right to adopt children? How to prepare documents? Thank you

Reply:

According to the provisions of Article 14 of the 2010 Adoption Law:

1. An adopting person must fully meet the following conditions:

a/ Having full civil act capacity;

b/ Being 20 years or more older than the adopted person;

c/ Having health, financial and accommodation conditions for assuring the care for and nurture and education of the adopted child.

d/ Having good ethical qualities.

2. The following persons may not adopt a child:

a/ Having some of the parental rights over a minor child restricted:

b/ Currently serving an administrative handling decision at an educational institution or medical treatment establishment;

c/ Currently serving an imprisonment penalty:

d/ Having a criminal record of commission of any of the crimes: intentionally infringing upon another's life, health, dignity and honor; maltreating or persecuting one's grandparents, parents, spouse, children, grandchildren or caretaker; enticing or compelling a minor to violate the law or harboring a minor violator; trafficking in. fraudulently swapping or appropriating children, which has not been remitted yet.

3. In case the step father or step mother adopts a step child or a natural aunt or uncle adopts a nephew or cousin. Points b and c of this Article will not apply.

Thus, if the above conditions are met, single people can adopt children. The adoptive person will prepare documents and documents as prescribed in Article 17 of the 2010 Adoption Law, including:

1. A written request for adoption;

2. A copy of the passport or identity card or a valid substitute paper;

3. The judicial record sheet;

4. Written certification of the marital status;

5. A health certificate granted by a district-or higher-level health agency; a written certification of family circumstances and housing and economic conditions granted by the commune-level People's Committee of the place in which the adopting person permanently resides, except for the case specified in Clause 3, Article 14 of this Law.

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Conditions for adopting a child in Vietnam

My husband and I have been married for five years but do not have children (I am 34 years old, my wife is 30 years old). Near home, there is a child who turned 16 years old this year and is orphaned, so we want to adopt him. My husband and I are completely unrelated. So can my husband and I adopt him?

Reply:

Pursuant to Article 8 of the 2010 Adoption Law, it is stipulated: "Persons aged between full 16 years and under 18 years falling into either of the following cases:

a/ To be adopted by the step father or step mother;

b/ To be adopted by a natural aunt or uncle."

The child is 16 years old this year, so the conditions require that the person adopting him must be his stepfather, stepmother or aunt, uncle, etc. Only my biological uncle was able to adopt me. This comes from wanting to ensure the best life for children, because this age group is quite mentally and physically sensitive, easily falling into temptations, important. Above all, many people take advantage of adopting children aged 16 to 18 for personal purposes: sexual exploitation, appropriation of property (when they know the child has property, they adopt it)... The State encourages the adoption of orphans, abandoned children, and children with other special circumstances, but still imposes many restrictions if it affects the children's development.

In Clause 1, Article 14 of the 2010 Adoption Law, it is stipulated: "An adopting person must fully meet the following conditions:

a/ Having full civil act capacity;

b/ Being 20 years or more older than the adopted person;

c/ Having health, financial and accommodation conditions for assuring the care for and nurture and education of the adopted child.

d/ Having good ethical qualities.

The condition that the adopter must be at least twenty years older than the adopted child is that you have not met it because your wife is 14 years older than your child and you are 16 years older than your child. According to this Article, in your case, you do not meet both the conditions of the adopter and the adopted child, so you and your husband cannot adopt the child in Vietnam.

What are documents to register a child adoption in Vietnam?

What documents do adoptive parents need to prepare to register to adopt a child?

Reply:

According to the provisions of the 2010 Adoption Law, the dossier of the adoptive child (adoptive father and mother) includes the following documents:

- Application for adoption;

- Copy of Passport, ID card or other valuable documents;

- Judicial record card (issued by the Department of Justice);

- Document certifying the marital status of the person adopting the child (For the case of a husband and wife applying to adopt a child together, it is the Marriage Certificate; For the case of a single person, it is the Certificate of Marital Status);

- Health certificate of the adoptive child issued by a district-level health agency or higher;

- Document certifying family circumstances, housing status, and economic conditions issued by the People's Committee of the commune where the adoptive person permanently resides (except in cases where a stepfather or stepmother adopts a stepchild of a spouse or a biological aunt or uncle adopts a child).

Best regards!