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 Fees, Tools & Resources on Nov 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
Recently we asked the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi for more information about the schedule of fees that was to be published according to the Agreement originally signed by Vietnam and the United States. Here is the Consul’s reply:
According to the Memorandum of Understanding, the Government of Vietnam agreed to publish a comprehensive schedule of fees. Such [...]
Posted in Fees on Sep 12th, 2007 4 Comments »
This just in from Rebecca at Viet Nam Adoption Blog
According to the Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS,) an official adoption related fee schedule is to be released this month.
On the JCICS website the notice, dated September 5th states: “During his visit to Washington, D.C. in July, Department of Intercountry Adoptions Director Long [...]
Posted in Fees, The Process on Jun 7th, 2007 7 Comments »
Article 17 sections 1-2 of the US-VN Agreement Regarding Cooperation on the Adoption of Children
As you can see from the above excerpt, when the Final Agreement (aka “Memorandum of Understanding”) was signed in June 2005, part of the agreement included Vietnam publicly posting a list of required fees. Unfortunately, this has yet to happen. [...]
Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity
A collaborative blog advocating ethics in adoption
There are 116 Posts and 1,356 Comments so far.