Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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JCICS, Ethica, and NCFA have joined together to create a survey for all families currently in process in Vietnam, both those with referrals, and those still waiting for referrals. According to JCICS, this survey is “a new tool in our collective advocacy initiative.”
Unfortunately much misinformation exists regarding the number of families still waiting to [...]

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Many of us have read this newest “fact sheet”.  Many of us who read it said to ourselves, “and what about this is new news?” 
But there was one phrase that caught me off guard.  
We are aware of four children who have been returned to their birth parents once these circumstances were discovered.
As I have pondered these [...]

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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 [...]

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