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		<title>Vietnam ratifies the Hague Adoption Convention</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2011/11/11/vietnam-ratifies-the-hague-adoption-convention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Department of State: The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption will enter into force in Vietnam on February 1, 2012, following Vietnam&#8217;s ratification on November 1, 2011. The United States recognizes Vietnam&#8217;s initiatives leading to this significant development and applauds the Government of Vietnam&#8217;s renewed commitment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian baby farming</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2011/03/22/asian-baby-farming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From GlobalPost: Babe 101, operating in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Taiwan, is blunt in its mission. While other agencies shun women seeking surrogacy for the sake of beauty and convenience, Babe 101 welcomes them. For women with eggs incapable of in-vitro fertilization, the outfit presents a gallery of lovely ovum donors with desirable DNA posing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The myth of the Safe Choice</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/05/12/the-myth-of-the-safe-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the lie we love]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you do a google search, a blog search, a twitter search&#8230;.any kind of search&#8230;on the topic of international adoption, you will get thousands of hits on feel good stories, blogs, books and even youtube videos that will make you tear up (oh yes, I have one of those too!) and that will inspire you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethica&#8217;s Webinar Series</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/02/06/ethicas-webinar-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/02/06/ethicas-webinar-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tools & Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Ethica: Ethica is pleased to offer its first webinar series for prospective adoptive families as they begin to pursue the adoption process.  Please join us as we explore issues surrounding adoption fraud, how to choose an agency, and the implications of adopting from a &#8220;Hague&#8221; country.  Note that space is limited so please register [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corruption in Vietnam Adoptions</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/01/12/corruption-in-vietnam-adoptions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Embassy in Hanoi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post, today, printed this short yet powerful look at International Adoption. Of specific interest to those of us involved in adoptions from Vietnam is this bit: A cable from the U.S. embassy in Vietnam, recently obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, said that, &#8220;while [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>The End of an Era</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/08/31/the-end-of-an-era/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the September 1st expiration date of the current Memorandum of Understanding, a sort of sad silence has fallen over the Vietnam adoptive community. Agencies are saying little to nothing. Both governments are mum. Advocacy groups are waiting. Without speaking at all, the anxiousness is palpable. You can hear a pin drop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrests in Nam Dinh</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/16/arrests-in-nam-dinh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/16/arrests-in-nam-dinh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Adoptions: News &amp; Updates</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/06/26/vietnam-adoptions-news-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/06/26/vietnam-adoptions-news-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although all is mostly quiet in the world of Vietnam Adoptions, the July 1 deadline for dossier submission and the September 1 deadline for matches are quickly approaching. Many have asked how, in a program that is oversaturated with waiting parents, is it beneficial to keep dossier submissions open through July 1? Some agencies are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Child&#8217;s Right Campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/05/22/a-childs-right-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/05/22/a-childs-right-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JCICS is calling for a campaign by agencies, adoptive parents, prospective adoptive parents, advocates and all of those who have an interest in international adoption in Vietnam to join the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Co-Chairs and sign their letter to Secretary Condoleezza Rice in support of their recommendations for the continuation of adoptions in Vietnam. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Call To Action: Support Ethical Vietnamese Adoptions</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/05/01/a-call-to-action-support-ethical-vietnamese-adoptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/05/01/a-call-to-action-support-ethical-vietnamese-adoptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethica has posted this important call to action with step-by-step instructions on who to contact and how to contact them as well as a cut-and-paste letter for each and every individual who is hoping to adopt, who has adopted or who is touched by adoptions in Vietnam in some way.  They have outlined the most [...]]]></description>
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