Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity

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 [...]

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The decision to adopt a child internationally is one of the biggest, most impactful decisions we will ever make. We owe it to ourselves and even more so, to our children, to make an informed decision. It’s not enough to choose a “good” agency and then trust them to take care of the rest. If [...]

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Nicki and I have received several comments, on the blog and privately, suggesting it was a mistake to post the guest commentary about a corrupt facilitator in Vietnam.  That it was, in fact, irresponsible for us to do so.  There are concerns that the source or the information is unverified.  Or that we should have [...]

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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 [...]

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I created a Google map where you can see the location of each province in Vietnam that currently has at least one U.S. adoption agency licensed. By clicking on the name of the province or one of the blue “bubbles” on the map, you can see the full list of each agency working in that [...]

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