Posted in Hague, US Embassy in Hanoi on Mar 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
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. [...]
Posted in Chosing An Agency, In The News on Mar 10th, 2008 7 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in In The News on Mar 8th, 2008 14 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Health Issues on Mar 7th, 2008 No Comments »
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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