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	<title>Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity &#187; Tracy</title>
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		<title>U.S. Department of State Notice &#8211; July 28, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/07/29/u-s-department-of-state-notice-july-28-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the U.S. Department of State:
Adoption Notice
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Office of Children’s Issues
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
July 28, 2010
Intercountry adoption is not possible from Vietnam at this time.  Adoption service providers and prospective adoptive parents should not seek or accept new (or potential) adoption referrals from Vietnam until an announcement is posted that the United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland: New legislation restricts adoption from Vietnam and other countries</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/07/08/ireland-new-legislation-restricts-adoption-from-vietnam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Independent:
Hundreds of Irish couples seeking to adopt a child from abroad face fresh uncertainty as new legislation restricts the number of countries that are open to them.
The Adoption Bill, which was passed on Friday, excluded Russia, Vietnam and Ethiopia from the list of countries.
Only countries that have ratified the international child protection agreement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland: New adoption agency to bid for clients in coming weeks</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/06/14/ireland-new-adoption-agency-to-bid-for-clients-in-coming-weeks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/06/14/ireland-new-adoption-agency-to-bid-for-clients-in-coming-weeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Irish Times:
A new adoption mediation agency will seek to engage with the governments of Vietnam, Bulgaria, India and Mexico concerning adoption when the Adoption Bill is passed in the coming weeks.
The Bill ratifies the Hague Convention on inter-country adoption.
The executive director of Arc Adoption, Shane Downer, former chief executive of the International Adoption [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audit of Helping Hands agency in Ireland raises no issues</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/06/08/audit-of-helping-hands-adoption-in-ireland-raises-no-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/06/08/audit-of-helping-hands-adoption-in-ireland-raises-no-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Irish Times:
An independent audit of the Helping Hands Adoption Mediation Agency has found no evidence of impropriety in its expenditure of fees charged to adoptive parents, the agency said today.
This follows the announcement last October by Minister for Children Barry Andrews of an inquiry into the operation of Helping Hands by the Adoption [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers want child adoption fees hiked</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/05/27/lawmakers-want-child-adoption-fees-hiked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/05/27/lawmakers-want-child-adoption-fees-hiked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Vietnews:

Speaking during a debate in the National Assembly Wednesday, they said besides paying the fees for adoption, foreigners should also defray the cost of filing for adoption and verifying the background of adoptees, besides paying a donation to the orphanage or welfare center.
They did not suggest a specific sum but said merely that Vietnam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam working on draft of adoption law</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/05/27/vietnam-working-on-draft-of-adoption-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/05/27/vietnam-working-on-draft-of-adoption-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Viet Nam News:
Ha Noi — According to the latest version of the draft law on adoption, only children under 16 years can be offered for adoption.
The National Assembly Standing Committee, the provision would be congruent with the country&#8217;s legal system and international laws.
Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong said the fee was congruent with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subscribe to VVAI via e-mail</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/03/25/subscribe-to-vvai-via-e-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/03/25/subscribe-to-vvai-via-e-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<title>Seven sue Little Pearls over Vietnam adoptions</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/03/25/seven-families-sue-little-pearls-over-vietnam-adoptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/03/25/seven-families-sue-little-pearls-over-vietnam-adoptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Courthouse News Service:
Couples trying to adopt children from Vietnam say the Little Pearls Adoptions Agency took $133,000 to &#8220;hold&#8221; children for them, then informed them it had a &#8220;license issue,&#8221; and refuses to return the money. In the federal RICO complaint, the seven plaintiffs sued Debbie Fischer and Richard Feinberg, directors of Little Pearls, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Child Quota Regulations Released in Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/03/15/new-child-quota-regulations-released-in-vietnam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/03/15/new-child-quota-regulations-released-in-vietnam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Family planning quotas, a country&#8217;s limit on the number of children a family is allowed to have, are often cited as a reason children are available for international adoption. For example, adoption service providers often refer to China&#8217;s so-called &#8220;one child&#8221; policy when explaining to prospective adoptive parents why children, especially girls, are placed for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam&#8217;s hill tribe children &#8220;stolen&#8221; for adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/02/23/vietnams-hill-tribe-children-stolen-for-adoption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/02/23/vietnams-hill-tribe-children-stolen-for-adoption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From www.monstersandcritics.com via Deutsche Presse-Agentur:
Hanoi &#8211; High among the jagged limestone peaks that mark Vietnam&#8217;s border with Laos, Cao Thi Thu squats on the stone floor of her family&#8217;s hut and pleads, “Please help bring my daughters home.”
It is more than three years since officials came to Thu&#8217;s village and offered her the chance to [...]]]></description>
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