Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The department unveiled the figure during a conference in Hanoi on November 24 reviewing the implementation of The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption, to which Vietnam was a member in 2012.
After the Convention took effect, the Prime Minister approved a scheme to implement the Convention in 2012-2015 as part of efforts to continue refining legal regulations in the field.
According to the department, the handling of child adoption in several localities remains slow and limited due to the lack of full support from local authorities, so that a number of children living in need in social support facilities are yet to find foster families at home or abroad.
Participants proposed increasing inter-sectoral cooperation in central and local levels, offering further training for civil servants responsible for international adoption procedures, strengthening discussions to lay out orientations to child adoption coordination between Vietnam and other countries.
Agencies concerned were advised to monitor international adoption and relevant funding for the effort./.
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