Posted in Ethics, Experiences, In The News, US Embassy in Hanoi on Feb 25th, 2010 6 Comments »
After posting the story yesterday about the Vietnamese Ruc people and their complaints about how they were deceived into relinquishing their children for adoption, I remembered where I had read this story before.
Anthropologist Peter Bille Larsen wrote an extensive article about their case back in May 2008.
In this article, I point raise to the specific [...]
Posted in Ethics, In The News, US Embassy in Hanoi on Jan 12th, 2009 22 Comments »
The Washington Post, today, printed this short yet powerful look at International Adoption. Of specific interest to those of us involved in adoptions from Vietnam is this bit:
A cable from the U.S. embassy in Vietnam, recently obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, said that, “while there [...]
Posted in US Department of State, US Embassy in Hanoi on Sep 5th, 2008 6 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in In The News, US Embassy in Hanoi on Jul 2nd, 2008 4 Comments »
Monday June 30th, CNN presented this report titled US Vietnam Adoptions End, featuring some very strong statements from U.S. Ambassador Michael Michalak.
On July 1st PBS’s News Hour did a segment on International Adoption issues, highlighting Vietnam. The report featured a discussion with Susan Soon-Keum Cox, Vice President of Public Policy and External Affairs at Holt [...]
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