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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Ethics, Experiences, Tools & Resources on Jul 13th, 2007 5 Comments »
If it’s true, as a few commenters suggested in Nicki’s last post, that in fact many agencies do not seek transparency and the corrupt ones do not have any incentive to work ethically, what can be done? Who can hold agencies, facilitators and attorneys accountable? Personally, I rather liked Nicki’s rallying cry for all P/AP’s [...]
Posted in Chosing An Agency, Experiences, Travel on Jun 11th, 2007 12 Comments »
For as long as adoptions have been reopen (and likely long before that), parents have shared experiences about their time in-country. Likely those of us lucky enough to run into other parents in Vietnam who use different agencies probably notice major differences in how the in-country experience is handled by various agencies. What can you [...]
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