The following note was posted on the website of the US Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam: On November 29, Ambassador David Shear visited Bac Lieu province in southeast Vietnam. His itinerary in the province included a visit to Bac Lieu orphanage and meetings with local officials. While the Embassy has given no further public details about the [...]
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Posted in Hague, In The News on Nov 28th, 2011 No Comments »
From the Irish Times: THERE ARE issues still to be addressed in the area of adoption between Ireland and Vietnam, Minister of State for Trade And Development Jan O’Sullivan said yesterday, but the situation had improved considerably since Hanoi ratified the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. “There is more clarity about what the issues are, [...]
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Posted in In The News on Nov 11th, 2011 No Comments »
In a news report today in the Irish Times, Ireland’s Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald, was quoted as saying, “Last month I met the Vietnamese ambassador to Ireland, Mr Vu Quang Minh,” Ms Fitzgerald said, “and I impressed upon the ambassador Ireland’s wish to continue to see Vietnam as a country of choice for adoption [...]
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From The Embassy of the United States, Hanoi, Vietnam: General Information The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Adoptions between the United States and Vietnam expired on September 1, 2008. Intercountry adoption from Vietnam to the U.S. is not possible at this time, including exceptional cases. Vietnam Adoption Reform Vietnam has made immense progress on adoption [...]
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