Posted in Advocacy, Ethics, Experiences on Jul 24th, 2009 6 Comments »
In the last few weeks, I’ve had a slight problem: raging internal conflict. Meet Little Guy. I had a minor obsession with him. He was in an orphanage in central Vietnam. I was the bad photographer. I don’t know who the cameraman is. I was there to evaluate a health-promotion project sponsored by a non-governmental [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Chosing An Agency, Ethics, Experiences, The Process on Oct 18th, 2008 7 Comments »
As a former PAP, who is now a P and AP, I am grateful to Mirah, Amyadoptee and Stella for their comments on the last post. Do I agree with all of their points of view? No, but I am still grateful. Because left to myself, I would not have the value of the perspective [...]
Posted in Experiences on Oct 16th, 2008 29 Comments »
As we reported earlier today, The Government of Vietnam and the Government of the United States have agreed that U.S. citizens will not be able to adopt Vietnamese children until both countries sign a new agreement or Vietnam joins the Hague Convention. In the clearest and most official statement to date, prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) [...]
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 be [...]
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