Posted in In The News on Sep 22nd, 2011 1 Comment »
From the Irish Examiner: It has emerged that following discussions between the Irish and Vietnamese authorities, Vietnam is preparing to ratify the Hague Convention on inter-country Adoption. The international agreement, which Ireland signed up to last year, is a system of co-operation among countries ensuring that adoptions take place in the best interests of the [...]
Posted in In The News on Aug 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
In late July Chinese police broke up two trafficking rings and rescued 89 Vietnamese children ranging in age from 10 days to 4 years. According to Thanh Nien News, A total of 369 suspects have been detained in a series of coordinated raids throughout China, the report said, citing China’s Ministry of Public Security. In [...]
Posted in In The News, US Department of State, US Embassy in Hanoi on Aug 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
David Shear is on his way to Vietnam to take up his post as ambassador there after Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) lifted her hold, which she placed in order to pressure the State Department to act on Vietnamese adoption and custody problems. Marco Rubio’s hold was lifted in mid-June. In his confirmation hearing testimony given [...]
Posted in In The News on Jun 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
From The Independent Online: A court in Hanoi sentenced two people to four and five years in jail for planning to sell a new-born baby in Hanoi, a court official said Wednesday. Hanoi People’s Court sentenced Nguyen Van Hai, 42, and his sister-in-law Ngo Thi Sang, 37 for trafficking children, court secretary Tran Cong Hach [...]
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