Hello Lawnet. My name is Anh Dao. I'm looking for regulations of the Law on Adoption in Vietnam. What are regulations on disable, dangerous disease children are specific adopted in Vietnam? Thank you!
Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 1 of the Decree 24/2019/NĐ-CP amending the Decree 19/2011/NĐ-CP stipulating regulations on disable, dangerous disease children are specific adopted in Vietnam as follows:
1. Children with disabilities or those having dangerous and fatal diseases may be adopted nominally under provisions laid down in point d of clause 2 of Article 28 in the Law on Child Adoption, including children with cleft lip and cleft palate, children losing vision in one or two eyes; deaf or dumb children; children with limb deformities; children with missing fingers, hands, foot (feet) or toes; children infected with HIV; children with heart diseases; children with imperforate anus or without sexual organs; children with blood diseases; children with other disabilities or fatal diseases, all of whom need acute or lifelong care treatment.
2. Children who are subjects provided in clause 1 of this Article, if they are inter-country adopted, shall be exempted form announcement procedures of finding a substitute family provided in point c, point d clause 2 of Article 15 and procedures of introducting children for adoption referred to provision in clause 1 Article 36 of Law on Adoption.
3. In case where there are not enough proofs to determine that children are subjects provided in clause 1 of this Article, the Department of Adoption under management of the Ministry of Justice (hereinafter called as Department of Adoption) shall collects opinions of the competent agencies under provision of Law on Disable People for disable children or of the medical experts for dangerous disease children.
Above are regulations on disable, dangerous disease children are specific adopted in Vietnam.
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