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All of my kids have known they were adopted since they can remember. They grow up knowing, and then it is never a surprize to them. They can start learning as babies, and then they will increase their understanding of it gradually, as they grow up. Things like the books that have been suggested help them come to a positive understanding of what it all means.
I think, with kids of a different race than the parents, it is even a little easier to have them grow up always knowing they came into their families in a different way than the majority of children they know. With kids the same race as the parents, like with my first two boys, most other people don't know unless you tell them. However, the general public knows that children of a different race are adopted.
Best wishes on your adoption trip to Viet Nam! As the daughter of a US Marine, who served two tours in Viet Nam, in the 1960s, I grew up thinking of Viet Nam as a frightening, dangerous, place. However, I have learned from friends who have gone there to adopt that it is really a beautiful country!
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