Posted in Ethics on Jul 30th, 2008 No Comments »
According to JCICS:
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption has invited the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to conduct a briefing of Congressional staff on issues related to intercountry adoption in Vietnam, Guatemala along with issues related to intercountry adoption in general. The briefing is scheduled for this [...]
Posted in In The News on Jul 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
From the Vietnamese Press: Lawmakers back bid to join Hague adoption convention
A majority of National Assembly’s Standing Committee members supported a bid to sign the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption Friday, scheduling a vote on the measure by the year’s end.
The International Adopted Children Bureau, under the Minister of Justice, would be solely responsible [...]
Posted in Ethics on Jul 18th, 2008 18 Comments »
The Department of State posted a new update on their website today. The statement included the following information:
DIA has reported that there are more than 1,700 applications pending as of July 1, 2008. According to DIA estimates and prior adoption trends, it is likely that referrals will be completed before September 1 for [...]
Posted in Ethics, In The News on Jul 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
As reported in the Hong Kong newspaper, The Standard:
Police in Vietnam have arrested the heads of two health centers suspected of forging documents in a scam that put up infants for overseas adoptions, a senior official confirmed.
The suspects in northern Nam Dinh province allegedly issued fake birth certificates for the under-five-year-olds, who were then sent [...]
Posted in Ethics on Jul 15th, 2008 32 Comments »
I haven’t posted here on VVAI in some time, save for short posts with links to news and updates. Partially that is because my family has been in the middle of a cross-country move and I haven’t been able to think beyond my immediate circumstances. And partially, it’s because I didn’t know what to say. [...]
Posted in In The News on Jul 15th, 2008 No Comments »
From the Vietnam News: Charity centres investigated for falsifying birth records
Luu Quang Hung, Chief Inspector of the Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Nam Dinh city, verified that policemen are investigating charity centres in the two districts of Y Yen and Truc Ninh for making false birth records to allow foreigners to [...]
Posted in In The News, US Embassy in Hanoi on Jul 2nd, 2008 4 Comments »
Monday June 30th, CNN presented this report titled US Vietnam Adoptions End, featuring some very strong statements from U.S. Ambassador Michael Michalak.
On July 1st PBS’s News Hour did a segment on International Adoption issues, highlighting Vietnam. The report featured a discussion with Susan Soon-Keum Cox, Vice President of Public Policy and External Affairs at Holt [...]
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