Posted in Ethics on Jul 18th, 2008 10 Comments »
The Department of State posted a new update on their website today. The statement included the following information:
DIA has reported that there are more than 1,700 applications pending as of July 1, 2008. According to DIA estimates and prior adoption trends, it is likely that referrals will be completed before September 1 for [...]
Posted in Ethics, In The News on Jul 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
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 then sent [...]
Posted in Ethics on Jul 15th, 2008 24 Comments »
I haven’t posted here on VVAI in some time, save for short posts with links to news and updates. Partially that is because my family has been in the middle of a cross-country move and I haven’t been able to think beyond my immediate circumstances. And partially, it’s because I didn’t know what to say. [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Ethics on Jun 6th, 2008 12 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Ethics, In The News, The Process on May 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Ethics, Tools & Resources on May 12th, 2008 3 Comments »
Many people don’t realize that Ethica is primarily a volunteer effort. Most of the people working for Ethica do not get paid and in fact pay for much of Ethica’s expenses out of their own pockets. Ethica is in a unique position of standing in the middle - representing birth families, children and [...]
Posted in Ethics on May 1st, 2008 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Ethics, In The News on Apr 30th, 2008 8 Comments »
From the Vietnamese Press, clarification on the deadline dates and also a glimmer of hope for the future of adoptions from Vietnam…
Head of the Ministry’s Department for International Child Adoption Vu Duc Long added that Vietnam will stop taking new adoption applications from the US from July 1.
According to the official, the decision not [...]
Posted in Ethics, Experiences, Fees, Tools & Resources, US Embassy in Hanoi on Apr 25th, 2008 45 Comments »
Today the US Embassy, Hanoi released a summary of irregularities in adoptions in Vietnam that is the longest and most thorough, to date. Likewise they have also released a Warning Concerning Adoptions in Vietnam which states, in part (emphasis mine):
On April 25, the Government of Vietnam announced that it will allow adoption to [...]
Posted in Ethics, In The News on Apr 24th, 2008 16 Comments »
Posted today on the wire:
Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish, the U.S. Embassy says in a new report obtained by The Associated Press.
The nine-page document describes brokers scouring villages for babies, hospitals selling infants whose mothers cannot pay their bills, and a grandmother giving away her [...]
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