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 Experiences, In The News, Tools & Resources on Apr 2nd, 2008 12 Comments »
It’s my guess that everyone connected to Vietnam adoptions has seen the internal USCIS memo regarding a new DNA requirement that was posted on Bring Our Children Home yesterday. This memo was news to us as it was to most people in the adoption community - although it appears that USCIS did notify some agencies [...]
Posted in Experiences on Jan 15th, 2008 12 Comments »
When I wrote my last post, it was never my intention to malign the writers of the recent petition. I did not mean to give the impression that I thought they were pushing for anything unethical or even asking our government to cut corners. I believe the writers had the very best intentions when they drafted [...]
Posted in Experiences, Tools & Resources on Jan 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Ethica launched a new blog in December. It’s a place for all members of the adoptive community (Adoptive Parents, Agencies, Adoptees, and First Parents) to share their views and opinions. It’s also a place where representatives of Ethica share opinions and information. Of special interest to the VN adoptive community may be this post in [...]
Posted in Ethics, Experiences, In The News on Nov 20th, 2007 10 Comments »
This contribution is republished from the November 2007 Welcome House newsletter, with permission. Thank you, Leonette, for allowing us to share this wonderfully balanced insight into the state of adoption in Vietnam right now! ~ VVAI
By Leonette Boiarski, Welcome House® Director
Children at Nha Trang Orphanage.
In October, I had the pleasure of visiting Vietnam. Over the [...]
Posted in Experiences on Nov 13th, 2007 51 Comments »
The following commentary is written by Tracy, an adoptive parent of two children.
I was a PLAN family, I try not to say that very often because 1) I don’t think it’s relevant to most of what I post and 2) in many peoples eyes it automatically discredits anything I am about to say. I am [...]
Posted in Experiences on Oct 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
Written by Dianna Brodine, a Prospective Adoptive Parent who is traveling to Vietnam to adopt in early November.
What responsibility does the AP (or long-time PAP) have to educate new PAPs?
Even before I open this dialogue with you, I should explain that 20 months ago I was one of ‘those’ PAPs. We had talked about adopting [...]
Posted in Experiences, Tools & Resources on Oct 20th, 2007 48 Comments »
Nicki and I have received several comments, on the blog and privately, suggesting it was a mistake to post the guest commentary about a corrupt facilitator in Vietnam. That it was, in fact, irresponsible for us to do so. There are concerns that the source or the information is unverified. Or that we should have [...]
Posted in Ethics, Experiences on Oct 19th, 2007 39 Comments »
The following account was submitted to the editors of VVAI by a well-connected American currently living in Vietnam who is seeking to adopt and wishes to remain anonymous.
It seems that it works like this:
Americans that get so far along in the adoption process as to arrive in VN are, for lots of reasons (financial and [...]
Posted in Experiences, Health Issues on Sep 14th, 2007 11 Comments »
The following is written by Tracy X, an adoptive mom who prefers to remain semi-anonymous:
My child, who was adopted in from an orphanage near Hanoi, Vietnam, tested negative for the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) at 3 months of age when the adoption physical was completed. Less than six months later it was discovered, during routine [...]
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