In Vietnam, is it permissible for single man to adopt children?

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• Is it permissible for single man to adopt children in Vietnam?
• What regulations on dossiers of adopting children in Vietnam?

Is it permissible for single man to adopt children in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 14 of the Law on Adoption in 2014 stipulating conditions on adopting children in Vietnam as follows: 

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.

As regulations above, single men are allowed to adopt children as long as they meet all requirements above.

What regulations on dossiers of adopting children in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 17 of the Law on Adoption in 2014 stipulating dossiers of adopting children in Vietnam as follows: 

A dossier of an adopting person comprises:

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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