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Adoption from Vietnam - Where to Start

Interest in Vietnam adoptions soared when adoption from Vietnam resumed for Americans this year (2006), after a several year hiatus. This page will help you with your dream of adopting a child from Vietnam.

Prospective parents interested in adopting from Vietnam have a number of resources available to support them in their journey.

This website, Families with Children from Vietnam (FCV) website is the national website for the Families with Children adopted from Vietnam organiztion. It provides support and information for the parents who are adopting or have adopted from Vietnam. Use this site to contact other parents and prosepctive parents, join a local FCV chapter, be inspired by adoption stories and our children's pictures.

• Connect to other adoptive families sharing your adoption status and contact information in the directory,
• join a local Vietnam adoption chapters,
• view and share photographs of children adopted from Vietnam, and
• read Vietnam adoption journey stories.

Four additional resources provides exceptional information for prospective parents on adoption from Vietnam.

Adopt Vietnam is the complete guide to Vietnam adoption. It is the companion information website to FCV, for families who are adopting from Vietnam. Vietnam Adoption provides detailed guidance on adopting from Vietnam from choosing an agency, traveling to Vietnam, government regulations, caring for your child, Vietnamese culture, adoptive parenting and much more. It also provides detailed information on the Vietnam adoption community.

Chao Ban Newsletter is a quarterly print newsletter with up-to-date information on Vietnamese culture, raising our children, and adoption/Vietnamese news. It provides relevant information and resources on adoption and raising adopted children, not easily available, that prospective parents will find invaluable.

Comeunity website provides hundreds of articles on a wide range of adoption issues. Major sections include how to adopt, adoption travel, adoption health, adoption books, international adoption stories, poetry, and adoptive parenting.

Adoptive Parents of Vietnam (APV) is the email list allows for communication among FCV families, adoption professionals and others on adoption, parenting and cultural information.

Here are some specific links to resources to get you started:

Home | What's New! | FCV Chapters Photo Gallery | Family to Family Directory | APV Email Support List | Feature Family Stories Adopt Vietnam Guide | Books | About FCV & Contacts

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Families with Children from Viet Nam www.fcvn.org