Posted in Ethics, Experiences, In The News, US Embassy in Hanoi on Feb 25th, 2010 6 Comments »
After posting the story yesterday about the Vietnamese Ruc people and their complaints about how they were deceived into relinquishing their children for adoption, I remembered where I had read this story before.
Anthropologist Peter Bille Larsen wrote an extensive article about their case back in May 2008.
In this article, I point raise to the specific [...]
Posted in Ethics on Feb 23rd, 2010 3 Comments »
From www.monstersandcritics.com via Deutsche Presse-Agentur:
Hanoi – High among the jagged limestone peaks that mark Vietnam’s border with Laos, Cao Thi Thu squats on the stone floor of her family’s hut and pleads, “Please help bring my daughters home.”
It is more than three years since officials came to Thu’s village and offered her the chance to [...]
Posted in Ethics on Jan 25th, 2010 2 Comments »
On January 14th and 15th, Vietnamese and foreign officials met in Da Nang to discuss child rights issues and adoption. The workshop was sponsored by Vietnam’s Ministry of Justice.
VietnamPlus reported:
According to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam has about 1.47 million disadvantaged children, including 85,000 orphans, 1.3 million disabled, 21,900 street [...]
Posted in Ethics, In The News on Jan 16th, 2010 1 Comment »
Though the bilateral agreement on adoption between Ireland and Vietnam expired on May 1, 2009, Irish officials had reported that a new agreement between the two countries was being negotiated. However, Irish Minister of State for Children Barry Andrews announced this week that Ireland has decided to suspend adoptions from Vietnam until both Vietnam and Ireland [...]
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