Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity

Some of you may have noticed that VVAI has been a little “quiet” lately. A few people commented in the last news post that they wondered why we hadn’t written any opinion pieces in a while. Certainly there are things happening in Vietnam adoptions… There’s the new group, Bring Our Children Home, comprised primarily of [...]

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Millville woman’s agonizing wait for adoption ends with happy homecoming
By EDWARD VAN EMBDEN
Press of Atlantic City
“Vietnam is a cautionary tale,” she said. “The parents, effectively, were told they should give up. In the end it might have been a test of wills.”
The legal battle has cost Sawyer, a single 25-year-old, nearly every cent she [...]

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Some observations that our team made was that both the Ha Tay and Bac Giang centers were involved in international adoption. Ha Tay has had children adopted to Italy, France, and the U.S. Bac Giang children were being adopted to the U.S. (though it wasn’t clarified if children were being placed elsewhere).
Read more on Ethica’s [...]

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Yesterday, Wednesday March 12th, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing titled, “THE UNITED STATES AND VIETNAM:EXAMINING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP” which was presided by Senator Barbara Boxer.
The hearing did not primarily focus on inter-country adoption issues, but the topic was raised. The Department of State’s representative at the hearing, Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary, [...]

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From Ethica:
Ethica has received numerous inquiries on a rumor that the U.S. Embassy is pressuring Vietnam to only process adoptions from Hague accredited adoption agencies. The U.S. Department of State has clarified that in fact, Vietnamese officials recently initiated and proposed this requirement. They also requested a list of accredited agencies. Consular Officer, Mr. Donald [...]

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Suddenly it seems everyone is talking about the Hague and how it might affect the renegotiation of the US-VN Agreement. Frankly at this point I’m having a hard time keeping all the various statements and references straight. So I thought the best place to start is a simple list of recent statements… no in-depth commentary [...]

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JCICS has reported back after their presentation of their Standards of Practice to the Vietnam Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and to the United States Embassy in Hanoi this week:

During numerous meetings with MOLISA and MOJ, their desire to implement the Hague Convention was reconfirmed.  Joint Council understands that [...]

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Ethica has met our fundraising goal for this initiative and have authorized all of the supplies needed to be bought for the babies and children. Thank you very much for your generosity over the past 3 days! We will have photos and a report on the first deliveries by March 10th posted on our website [...]

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Contributed by Jena, who blogs at Two Different Loves
There has been a lot of buzz this past week about which agencies have been accredited as Hague Compliant. There have been questions about why some agencies haven’t been. The larger question to ask may be, why is compliance with Hague regulations so important to look for [...]

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Update: As of Wednesday afternoon, Ethica has raised $8,192.17 … Almost to their goal - if you haven’t contributed yet, please considering giving now and putting them over the top!
Hello Everyone -
A quick update to let the community know that we are almost at the halfway mark for our Blankets for Babies Fund. As of [...]

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