Comments on: Vietnam working on draft of adoption law http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/05/27/vietnam-working-on-draft-of-adoption-law/ A collaborative blog advocating ethics in adoption Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:31:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christina http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/05/27/vietnam-working-on-draft-of-adoption-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4263 Christina Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:53:56 +0000 http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/?p=528#comment-4263 Elizabeth, We had the same reaction to that quote. Based on something I heard at a forum about international adoptions recently, I would guess that some in the government prefer inter-country adoptions because they can charge higher fees. Additionally, this quote, "Such an act is popular with ethnic minorities" sounds to me like a dig at the marginalized and impoverished, whom he clearly doesn't think have the wherewithal to provide for extended family. Interestingly, another perspective I heard on this quote is that it may be referring to immediate relatives living overseas - in that they would be using adoption to skirt immigration quotas. I honestly don't know what Mr. Luong meant, but either way I hope his suggestion is not incorporated into the new law. Elizabeth,
We had the same reaction to that quote. Based on something I heard at a forum about international adoptions recently, I would guess that some in the government prefer inter-country adoptions because they can charge higher fees. Additionally, this quote, “Such an act is popular with ethnic minorities” sounds to me like a dig at the marginalized and impoverished, whom he clearly doesn’t think have the wherewithal to provide for extended family.

Interestingly, another perspective I heard on this quote is that it may be referring to immediate relatives living overseas – in that they would be using adoption to skirt immigration quotas. I honestly don’t know what Mr. Luong meant, but either way I hope his suggestion is not incorporated into the new law.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/05/27/vietnam-working-on-draft-of-adoption-law/comment-page-1/#comment-4262 Elizabeth Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:08:11 +0000 http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/?p=528#comment-4262 Am I reading this right? That a member of the committee wants to PROHIBIT family members from adopting their own orphaned relatives? How does this help children in need? Wouldn't this be the best placement for them... staying in their family of origin? Please, please, someone tell me I am completely misunderstanding this! Am I reading this right? That a member of the committee wants to PROHIBIT family members from adopting their own orphaned relatives? How does this help children in need? Wouldn’t this be the best placement for them… staying in their family of origin?

Please, please, someone tell me I am completely misunderstanding this!

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