Posted in Chosing An Agency, In The News on Mar 5th, 2008 7 Comments »
JCICS has published the list of the agencies who have agreed to follow the recently drafted Standards of Practice. Thirty-six of the forty-two agencies currently licensed in Vietnam signed. According to the timeline previously posted by JCICS, the next step will come later this month when “Joint Council will present our Standards of Practice to [...]
Posted in In The News on Mar 4th, 2008 19 Comments »
Adoptive parents bring Vietnamese daughter home
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The couple received an e-mail Thursday morning from immigration officials saying they had decided to approve the couple’s adoption despite objections from the State Department. Ecstatic, Steve Carroll got on a plane to Vietnam hours later.
Madelyn, or Maddy as her parents affectionately call her, arrived at the [...]
Posted in Health Issues on Mar 3rd, 2008 9 Comments »
Reprinted with permission from Ethica:Ethica, Inc. has received troubling reports of severe, cold weather in northern Vietnam that has taken a toll on orphanages in Hanoi, Bac Giang, Hay Tay, and Bac Ninh provinces. We understand 3 children have died in the past week and 10 more less than a year old have been hospitalized. [...]
Posted in The Process, Tools & Resources on Mar 1st, 2008 19 Comments »
It is a difficult time for prospective adoptive parents hoping to adopt from Vietnam. Things have been somewhat turbulent for months and now the US - VN Agreement is about to expire and there are questions about whether it will be re-signed in time to prevent a defacto shutdown of adoptions. People are asking for [...]
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