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	<title>Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity &#187; jena</title>
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		<title>Vietnam Law Change may affect adoptions in Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/06/27/vietnam-law-change-may-affect-adoptions-in-ireland/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the The Post I.E., the change in Vietnamese law may allow Irish adoptions to resume.  While this has no direct correlation on what happens with U.S. adoptions, the law change to comply with Hague Convention standards could affect the ability for U.S. to be able to process adoptions from Vietnam in the future.
Today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Adoptions:  One agency&#8217;s perspective and future outlook.</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/01/02/vietnam-adoptions-one-agencys-perspective-and-future-outlook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In August 2009, Pearl S. Buck International&#8217;s Program director for Nepal, Philippines, SWAN, Post-Permanency, and Independent programs, as well as Vietnam Coordinator while that program was open, traveled to Vietnam.  VVAI had the chance to interview Ms. Carter-Tryon and ask her about her impressions, the work PSBI does and PSBI&#8217;s outlook for any future adoptions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNICEF Report and its impact</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/11/24/unicef-report-and-its-impact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were two articles in Irish publications this week that referenced UNICEF&#8217;s report on Vietnamese adoptions.
The irishtimes.com article states:
The final report from the UN body, released yesterday, also found that “the level and nature of inter-country adoptions from Vietnam are essentially influenced by foreign demand”.
It also called into question the manner by which many children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Hands defends its role in Vietnam Adoptions</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/10/26/helping-hands-defends-its-role-in-vietnam-adoptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/10/26/helping-hands-defends-its-role-in-vietnam-adoptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharon O&#8217;Driscoll, chief executive of Helping Hands in Ireland, this week defended her agencies use of funds and the process by which monies are distributed in Vietnam.
According to the article,
Parents who have adopted from Vietnam in recent years paid $11,100 (€7,400) to Helping Hands. Of that, $9,000 was paid as ‘‘humanitarian aid’’ to regional authorities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNICEF Study adresses Child trafficking in SE Asia</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/09/02/unicef-study-adresses-child-trafficking-in-se-asia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to to the report at  www.chinaview.cn, the UNICEF study reported on findings of the worst seven countries for child trafficking in SE Asia.  According to the study there are many contributing factors, demand for adoptive infants being one of them.
&#8220;The trafficking of children has become a priority concern to many governments across East and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skin Diseases in Internationally Adopted Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/08/15/skin-diseases-in-internationally-adopted-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/08/15/skin-diseases-in-internationally-adopted-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is reposted with permission on behalf of Laurie Good, who blogs at www.goodhappenings.com
Most of you know I graduated from medical school and am currently doing dermatology research in Colorado.  Some of you might also remember a post I wrote about a year ago about one of Jackie’s skin conditions, called ACROPUSUTULOSIS (aka infantile acropustulosis, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once Again with the Dark Side</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/05/25/once-again-with-the-dark-side/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/05/25/once-again-with-the-dark-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 13:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While many, many of our readers have questioned our motives, and even wondered if we are anti-adoption, we all feel that the &#8216;job&#8217; we do here, voluntarily, due to conviction, is a job that is really important.
Why is it so important?  Because we want adoption to continue.  Yup, that&#8217;s the truth.  As long as there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Adoption Draft Law Discussed</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/04/02/vietnam-adoption-draft-law-discussed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/04/02/vietnam-adoption-draft-law-discussed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the online news-source, Look at Vietnam;
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Government members discussed five draft laws and an international convention on the last day of the Government’s monthly meeting yesterday.
The draft laws included the revised Cultural Heritage Law, Law on Health Check-ups and Treatment, laws on investment for capital construction and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/02/16/movement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/02/16/movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we saw that the new assistant to US Secretary of State in charge of consular affairs, Janice L. Jacobs was in Vietnam working with Vietnamese officials on a variety of matters.  One of those matters was adoption;

Throughout the course of her stay in Vietnam, from Feb.9 to 12, Jacobs will attend meetings with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JCICS Call to Action</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/01/05/jcics-call-to-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/01/05/jcics-call-to-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the JCICS website:
Between Monday, January 5th and Wednesday, January 7th, individuals can support this important initiative through the following methods:.

Contact your Congressional Representatives and Senators and ask them to sign the letter to the Prime Minister of Vietnam regarding the future of inter-country adoptions from Vietnam. Also, note that if they are interested [...]]]></description>
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