Posted in Experiences, Health Issues on Sep 14th, 2007 11 Comments »
The following is written by Tracy X, an adoptive mom who prefers to remain semi-anonymous:
My child, who was adopted in from an orphanage near Hanoi, Vietnam, tested negative for the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) at 3 months of age when the adoption physical was completed. Less than six months later it was discovered, during routine [...]
Posted in Fees on Sep 12th, 2007 4 Comments »
This just in from Rebecca at Viet Nam Adoption Blog
According to the Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS,) an official adoption related fee schedule is to be released this month.
On the JCICS website the notice, dated September 5th states: “During his visit to Washington, D.C. in July, Department of Intercountry Adoptions Director Long [...]
Posted in In The News on Sep 7th, 2007 2 Comments »
Adoption of Vietnamese Babies on the Rise
Americans adopted 312 Vietnamese babies in the last six months of 2006.
In the first half of 2007, that rose to 418. U.S. Embassy officials predict it will grow to 1,000 by year’s end.
Vietnam, too, had problems with trafficking for adoption in the late 1990s. The director of Vietnam’s Department [...]
Posted in Ethics on Sep 6th, 2007 25 Comments »
Recently I have noticed there are some concerns within the Vietnam adoption world regarding negativity. Mainly, I think, this negativity is being felt on blogs and on discussion groups. I can’t say I disagree.
There have been a lot of discussions lately about ethics, quick referrals, the stability of the Vietnam program and the overwhelming requests for a HBG AYAP. (HBG: [...]
Posted in Ethics, In The News on Sep 3rd, 2007 3 Comments »
Ripped from the headlines…
US adoptions rise sharply, so does related graft
“There are tremendous stresses that come with building a family through adoption,” Sandra Hanks Benoiton, the mother of two adopted children from Cambodia, told AFP.
“Situations like the present one in Guatemala make things much worse,” she added, after police earlier this month seized a [...]
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