Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity

The U.S. department of state website announced today that Vietnam has confirmed arrests.  While Vietnamese media has reported as many as 24 arrests in as many as 6 provinces, officials have yet to confirm those details.  Officials have, however, confirmed that these cases involved adoption of Vietnamese children by foreign nationals, and also involved completed and pending adoption cases. 

According to the statement:

At present, the Embassy has no information linking these arrests to any other specific intercountry adoption cases.  However, the Government of Vietnam has told us that these investigations are on-going and that, depending on the results of these investigations, they may request the suspension of other adoption cases.

The statement concludes with the DoS affirmation of the Government of Vietnam pursuing the investigations and ensuring the safety of its children.