Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity

Suddenly it seems everyone is talking about the Hague and how it might affect the renegotiation of the US-VN Agreement. Frankly at this point I’m having a hard time keeping all the various statements and references straight. So I thought the best place to start is a simple list of recent statements… no in-depth commentary [...]

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Contributed by Jena, who blogs at Two Different Loves
There has been a lot of buzz this past week about which agencies have been accredited as Hague Compliant. There have been questions about why some agencies haven’t been. The larger question to ask may be, why is compliance with Hague regulations so important to look for [...]

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JCICS has published the list of the agencies who have agreed to follow the recently drafted Standards of Practice. Thirty-six of the forty-two agencies currently licensed in Vietnam signed. According to the timeline previously posted by JCICS, the next step will come later this month when “Joint Council will present our Standards of Practice to [...]

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JCICS today released their Standards of Practice for Intercountry Adoption in Vietnam, as well as a Summary of the Standards, written by JCICS President and CEO, Tom DiFilipo. According to the JCICS website: “licensed adoption service providers must confirm their status as a Joint Council Vietnam Standards of Practice signatory no later than close-of-business on [...]

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JCICS originally promised to make its proposed Standards of Practice available for review on January 20th. That date was later pushed back to January 27th and finally to “early February.” As of 1:00pm Pacific Time on February 13th the Standards are still not available.
We understand that it takes time and careful deliberation to craft these [...]

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JCICS has modified their update about the forthcoming Standards of Practice to say that they will be available for review “around January 27th” ; the statement previously said they would be made public around the 20th. The projected date for signatory ASP compliance to the new standards remains July 30, 2008.

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The US Embassy in Hanoi’s quarterly meeting on adoption issues in Vietnam is this Thursday, January 24th. For a number of reasons, this is a very important meeting. As we mentioned in the previous announcement, according to the invitation, there will be “a wide-ranging discussion of current issues in Vietnamese adoptions as well as visa [...]

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January 3rd: JCICS announced a revision of their timeline for their Vietnam Standards of Practice. According to the announcement,
This decision was made in order to ensure that the most up-to-date information is incorporated in the document which will be presented to Vietnamese provinces and the DIA by Joint Council President & CEO Tom DiFilipo.
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JCICS posted a summary of the November 28th summit on their website today. According to the summary:
Participants included representatives from 32 adoption service providers as well as child advocacy groups like Ethica, Inc., Equality for Adopted Children, and Deanna Carlson Stacy of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. Representatives from the U .S. Department of [...]

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UPDATE: You can now read the Embassy statement directly on the Embassy website.
For privacy reasons, the US Embassy in Hanoi can not discuss specific cases or comment on specific agencies. However, the Embassy believes it is important for people to have accurate information about the current situation in Vietnam and have kindly sent us this [...]

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