Posted in Ethics, In The News on Sep 22nd, 2009 16 Comments »
The Earth Times reports,
Sixteen Vietnamese medical and charity workers went on trial Tuesday for committing fraud in 266 adoptions of local children by foreign parents. The accused allegedly took money from adoption agencies to create fake documents enabling foreigners to adopt the children, said Ngo Tien Hung, vice president of the People’s Court in the [...]
Posted in In The News on Sep 21st, 2009 16 Comments »
From the Irish Times:
The Adoption Board has warned prospective adoptive parents that any planned foreign adoptions from Vietnam have no special status here and may not be recognised under Irish law.
The board sent out the notice last week, warning prospective adopters that any application to adopt from Vietnam would be examined to ensure it complied [...]
Posted in In The News on Sep 17th, 2009 1 Comment »
According to Viet Nam News on Thursday, the National Assemby’s Standing Committee heard a report on the draft law prepared by Deputy Minister of Justice, Dinh Trung Tung. In his report Tung emphasized new rules that encourage domestic adoptions.
Tung said 20,000 children had been adopted over the past five years, only 13,000 of whom [...]
Posted in In The News on Aug 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
The Vietnamese Ministry of Justice held a meeting in coordination with the Vietnam office of UNICEF and HOLT International Children’s Services Vietnam this past Friday to discuss the new draft law on adoption.
According to Viet Nam Net:
Participants said it is essential that adoption be regulated by law to create stability in adoptive relations and conform [...]
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