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	<title>Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity &#187; US Department of State</title>
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		<title>U.S. Department of State Notice &#8211; July 28, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2010/07/29/u-s-department-of-state-notice-july-28-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the U.S. Department of State:
Adoption Notice
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Office of Children’s Issues
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
July 28, 2010
Intercountry adoption is not possible from Vietnam at this time.  Adoption service providers and prospective adoptive parents should not seek or accept new (or potential) adoption referrals from Vietnam until an announcement is posted that the United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dept. of State Posts New VN Adoption Notice</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/10/23/dept-of-state-posts-new-vn-adoption-notice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Nearly all cases for which an official referral was issued before September 1, 2008, have now been processed to completion.&#8221;  So says the U.S. Department of State in a new Adoption Notice posted today on the Office of Children&#8217;s Issues Vietnam adoption page.
The Notice goes on to say that under no circumstances should any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Department Posts Update</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/05/06/state-department-posts-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/05/06/state-department-posts-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 13:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Adoption Notice was posted on the DOS Office of Children&#8217;s Issues website today.  In part it read,
U.S. citizens are not able to register a new adoption in Vietnam at this time. The Government of Vietnam has stated its intention to introduce new adoption legislation and to institute reforms in the adoption process, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement from Ethica on a US/Vietnam MOU</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/03/11/statement-from-ethica-on-a-usvietnam-mou/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2009/03/11/statement-from-ethica-on-a-usvietnam-mou/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February, we posted a report that the new assistant to US Secretary of State in charge of consular affairs, Janice L. Jacobs was in Vietnam working with Vietnamese officials on a variety of matters, including adoption. However, we cautioned PAPs (prospective adoptive parents) that a new agreement could still take time.
Last week, Ethica issued a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New DoS statement</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/09/05/new-dos-statement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/09/05/new-dos-statement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of State has issued their statement regarding the passing September 1st expiration of the bilateral adoption agreement this week.  It says, in part:
The Vietnamese Department of International Adoptions (DIA) has confirmed that the DIA continued to issue referrals to prospective adoptive parents until September 1, 2008, the date the United States – Vietnam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tu Du Hospital Warning Posted on U.S. DOS Website</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/08/19/tu-du-hospital-warning-posted-on-us-dos-website/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/08/19/tu-du-hospital-warning-posted-on-us-dos-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the United States Department of State issued a warning on their website concerning the reliability of documentation of children born at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.  According to the DOS statement:
In light of these discoveries, the Department of State and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recommend that U.S. adoption service providers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Department Responds to JCICS Letter</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/08/13/state-department-responds-to-jcics-letter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/08/13/state-department-responds-to-jcics-letter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JCICS has posted the State Department&#8217;s response to their recent letter written in cooperation with CCAI and signed by 140 members of Congress. The State Department expressed their commitment to &#8220;continuing the development of intercountry adoption bilateral cooperation&#8221; and then summarized the current situation:
Important aspects of the adoptions process in Vietnam are under the authority [...]]]></description>
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