Posted in The Process, Tools & Resources on Mar 1st, 2008 19 Comments »
It is a difficult time for prospective adoptive parents hoping to adopt from Vietnam. Things have been somewhat turbulent for months and now the US – VN Agreement is about to expire and there are questions about whether it will be re-signed in time to prevent a defacto shutdown of adoptions. People are asking for [...]
Posted in Chosing An Agency, Tools & Resources on Feb 13th, 2008 5 Comments »
JCICS originally promised to make its proposed Standards of Practice available for review on January 20th. That date was later pushed back to January 27th and finally to “early February.” As of 1:00pm Pacific Time on February 13th the Standards are still not available. We understand that it takes time and careful deliberation to craft [...]
Posted in Tools & Resources, US Embassy in Hanoi on Jan 25th, 2008 5 Comments »
Word is trickling out about the meeting at the Hanoi Embassy this past Thursday. Some agencies are sharing a summary of the meeting with their clients and Tad at Adoption Buzz has a good comprehensive summary posted. If you have any information from your agency, please feel free to share in our comments section. (Also [...]
Posted in Experiences, Tools & Resources on Jan 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Ethica launched a new blog in December. It’s a place for all members of the adoptive community (Adoptive Parents, Agencies, Adoptees, and First Parents) to share their views and opinions. It’s also a place where representatives of Ethica share opinions and information. Of special interest to the VN adoptive community may be this post in [...]
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