Posted in Advocacy on Oct 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
From JCICS:
On October 13th Joint Council announced its understanding that formal negotiations between the Governments of Vietnam and the United States regarding an interim Memorandum of Understanding were scheduled in the coming weeks. It is now our understanding that these scheduled formal negotiations have been postponed.
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Posted in Advocacy, Ethics, Tools & Resources on Oct 24th, 2008 No Comments »
From Ethica:
Ethica is pleased to announce our new outreach initiative to give voice to the adoption community on a state by state level. We as an organization have long fought the battle of dealing with issues on a state by state basis, and we have developed the Ethica50 initiative to respond to the ever growing [...]
Posted in In The News on Oct 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
According to Sveriges Radio, a child from Vietnam is adopted by Swedish parents about once a week on average.
However, the government has decided not to extend its current agreement with Vietnam, which runs out in the autumn of 2009.
The decision, to be announced on Thursday, comes following reports which raise troubling questions about Vietnam’s adoption [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Chosing An Agency, Ethics, Experiences, The Process on Oct 18th, 2008 7 Comments »
As a former PAP, who is now a P and AP, I am grateful to Mirah, Amyadoptee and Stella for their comments on the last post. Do I agree with all of their points of view? No, but I am still grateful. Because left to myself, I would not have the value of the perspective [...]
Posted in Experiences on Oct 16th, 2008 29 Comments »
As we reported earlier today,
The Government of Vietnam and the Government of the United States have agreed that U.S. citizens will not be able to adopt Vietnamese children until both countries sign a new agreement or Vietnam joins the Hague Convention.
In the clearest and most official statement to date, prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) were [...]
Posted in In The News on Oct 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
The Department of State and USCIS have posted a US - Vietnam Joint Statement on Adoptions. Below is an excerpt:
1. …On September 23, 2008, the Vietnamese Department of International Adoptions (DIA) provided the U.S. Embassy with a list of 534 U.S. dossiers that received referrals before September 1. These cases will be [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Ethics on Oct 12th, 2008 11 Comments »
On October 10, JCICS released a position statement on Special Needs adoptions in Vietnam that reads, in part:
Vietnamese law does allow for the adoption of a child with Special Needs, despite the expired MOA. However, this Special Needs adoption, if pursued, would have to take place as an independent adoption. An independent [...]
Posted in In The News on Oct 11th, 2008 No Comments »
On October 10th, the National Council for Adoption issued a press release which said in part:
Although Vietnamese law allows for the processing of the adoption of children with special needs without a working agreement, NCFA is advocating extreme caution on the part of international adoption agencies and families matched with a Vietnamese child with special [...]
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