Birth Search
Dillon currently has a search process in place for the countries of South Korea. We offer counseling for anyone who is pursuing a search for birth family in our Tulsa office regardless of country.
Counseling
Counseling is offered to individuals, families and couples. To set up an initial free 15-minute telephone consultation with one of our adoption professionals, please call (918) 749-4600.
Support Groups
Finding support with others that understand is important at any age. Not feeling alone, being with others that can relate, and getting education from adoption professionals is all a focus in our support groups.
Camp/Tours
Finding pride in your child's birth culture is both important for your family and your child. Our heritage programs are available to support your family into creating connections with your child's birth culture.
Vietnam Heritage Tour
At Dillon, we absolutely encourage every adoptive family to take their children back to their land of birth at least once.
When families adopt internationally, they are becoming an international family, so a birthland tour should be a family affair and a very natural and normal event.
As your children grow, they will encounter social expectations that they have visited their birth country and know some of its language, and your child will experience great pride and satisfaction from those accomplishments.
A birth country visit is a life-changing trip where one revisits the past, celebrates the present and anticipates the future. Plus, it’s a whole lot of fun.
Our Visit Vietnam tour corresponds with Christmas vacation so that kids won’t miss much school and parents won’t have to schedule much time off work.
Visit Vietnam Tour Includes
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Small travel group, for individualized attention (10–20 people)
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Hotel accommodations (based on double occupancy)
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Airport transfers
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In-country flights and other transportation during the tour
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Two or three meals per day
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Province visit and orphanage visit if possible
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Admission fees to scheduled events
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Hands-on cultural learning experiences
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Professional, English-speaking guides
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Tour staff with adoption experience and sensitivity
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Resources and orientation to help you prepare for your journey
Itinerary
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Arrive In Ho Chi Minh City
Rest/Group Welcome Dinner
Sunday, December 29
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
Visit Ben Thanh Market
Measured at local tailor shop for new Ao Dias
Group Lunch
Explore Ho Chi Minh City
Water puppet show in Saigon at the Historical Museum
Visit Reunification Palace
Dinner on own
Monday, December 30
Location: Ho Chi Minh City /Adoption Trip: Example Can Tho
Visit local school
Visit orphanage
Lunch
Tuesday, December 31
Location: Adoption Trip/Example Can Tho
Spend day at Mekong Delta and experience the country side with low lying rice paddies, mangroves, and palms.
Travel the Mekong River by boat
Group Lunch
Choose from a list of activities for afternoon.
Group Dinner at a homstay
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Location: Example Can Tho/Ho Chi Minh City
Tour Cai Rang Floating markets and criss-cross waterways of Mekong Delta by boat
Group Lunch
Drive back to Ho Chi Minh City
Free afternoon to explore the city as a family
Thursday, January 2
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
Tour market with guide to learn about Vietnamese fruits and vegetables
Lunch on own
Visit Cuchi Tunnels
Dinner on own
Friday, January 3
Location: Ho Chi Minh City/Hanoi
Flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi
Group Lunch
Cyclo Tour around Hanoi Ancient town
Relax back at hotel
Dinner on own
Saturday, January 4
Location: Hanoi/Halong Bay
Drive through Red River Delta
Group Lunch
Visit Cua Van Fishing Village and Bat Cave
Excursion to Soi Sim Beach for swimming
Group Dinner
Overnight aboard Indochina Sails Junk
Sunday, January 5
Location: Halong/Hanoi
Optional early morning meditation and Yoga
Visit SungSot Cave
Group Lunch
Visit Bai Chay beach and sights
Dinner on own
Monday, January 6
Location: Hanoi/US
Depart for US from Hanoi International Airport
Past Vietnam Tour Pictures
