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	<title>Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity</title>
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		<title>Update from the Department of State</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/18/update-from-the-department-of-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of State posted a new update on their website today.  The statement included the following information:
DIA has reported that there are more than 1,700 applications pending as of July 1, 2008.  According to DIA estimates and prior adoption trends, it is likely that referrals will be completed before September 1 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrests in Nam Dinh</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/16/arrests-in-nam-dinh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/16/arrests-in-nam-dinh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in the Hong Kong newspaper, The Standard: 
Police in Vietnam have arrested the heads of two health centers suspected of forging documents in a scam that put up infants for overseas adoptions, a senior official confirmed.
 The suspects in northern Nam Dinh province allegedly issued fake birth certificates for the under-five-year-olds, who were then sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>reservations</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/15/reservations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/15/reservations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t posted here on VVAI in some time, save for short posts with links to news and updates. Partially that is because my family has been in the middle of a cross-country move and I haven&#8217;t been able to think beyond my immediate circumstances. And partially, it&#8217;s because I didn&#8217;t know what to say. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orphanages investigated for falsifying records</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/15/orphanages-investigated-for-falsifying-records/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/15/orphanages-investigated-for-falsifying-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Vietnam News:  Charity centres investigated for falsifying birth records
Luu Quang Hung, Chief Inspector of the Department of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Nam Dinh city, verified that policemen are investigating charity centres in the two districts of Y Yen and Truc Ninh for making false birth records to allow foreigners to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Media Report on VN Adoption News</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/02/major-media-report-on-vn-adoption-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/07/02/major-media-report-on-vn-adoption-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
		
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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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Adoptions: News &#038; Updates</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/06/26/vietnam-adoptions-news-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/06/26/vietnam-adoptions-news-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although all is mostly quiet in the world of Vietnam Adoptions, the July 1 deadline for dossier submission and the September 1 deadline for matches are quickly approaching. Many have asked how, in a program that is oversaturated with waiting parents, is it beneficial to keep dossier submissions open through July 1? Some agencies are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Legacy of 4</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/06/06/the-legacy-of-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/06/06/the-legacy-of-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us have read this newest &#8220;fact sheet&#8221;.  Many of us who read it said to ourselves, &#8220;and what about this is new news?&#8221; 
But there was one phrase that caught me off guard.  
We are aware of four children who have been returned to their birth parents once these circumstances were discovered.
As I have pondered these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Dept. Posts New Vietnam &#8220;Fact Sheet&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/06/06/state-dept-posts-new-vietnam-fact-sheet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/06/06/state-dept-posts-new-vietnam-fact-sheet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Tools &amp; Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The State Department has posted a new &#8220;Fact Sheet&#8221; for Vietnam, dated June 2008.
While much of the information is a re-wording of previous announcements, there is some new information here, including the following:
Over the course of 28 months (January 2006 to April 2008), 1403 orphans adopted from Vietnam were issued visas to the United States. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quarterly ASP Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/05/30/quarterly-asp-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/05/30/quarterly-asp-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 23:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[The Process]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[US Embassy in Hanoi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was another quarterly ASP (Adoption Service Provider) meeting at the US Embassy in HaNoi this week.  Ethica has posted their notes on the meeting on their website.  The Embassy provided updates and information on the current I600 wait and &#8216;blocked&#8217; provinces, the new fingerprinting process, the current situation with the expiration of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS implements required DNA testing for Vietnamese adoptions</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/05/30/uscis-implements-required-dna-testing-for-vietnamese-adoptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2008/05/30/uscis-implements-required-dna-testing-for-vietnamese-adoptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 16:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[US Embassy in Hanoi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[adoptions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DNA testing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[USCIS has updated their website with this PDF dated May 29, 2008 that reflects the long-awaited DNA testing.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that its office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is implementing a DNA testing requirement for Vietnamese adoption cases where the birth parent(s) of the adopted child has been identified. [...]]]></description>
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