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	<title>Voices for Vietnam Adoption Integrity</title>
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		<title>Reality Check</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/05/01/reality-check/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 23:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Four years ago, he claimed, a stranger—a middleman in the adoption trade—came to his village and persuaded him to give up a child with the promise that she would grow up and send money to support him.” Can you guess where this happened? Where is this village, this destitute father, this “middleman in the adoption [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former nurse on trial for baby trafficking in Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/02/23/former-nurse-on-trial-for-baby-trafficking-in-vietnam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/02/23/former-nurse-on-trial-for-baby-trafficking-in-vietnam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Thanh Nien News: The Hanoi People’s Court Tuesday opened the trial of a former nurse at the Vietnam National Ob-gyn Hospital who used her position to run a baby trafficking ring. Nguyen Thi Kim Chi told the court that she had noticed many women having unexpected and unwanted pregnancies while sterile couples pined for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption Corruption: Who is the Big Bad Wolf</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/02/16/adoption-corruption-who-is-the-big-bad-wolf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/02/16/adoption-corruption-who-is-the-big-bad-wolf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many friends and loved ones are anxiously awaiting the return of the Vietnam adoption program. I admit that I, too, sometimes let myself dream of adding to our family one more time. While I’m not in an ideal place to grow my family immediately, I know many others including members of our VVAI team have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From USCIS: Unable to Resume Processing Adoptions From Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/02/06/from-uscis-unable-to-resume-processing-adoptions-from-vietnam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/02/06/from-uscis-unable-to-resume-processing-adoptions-from-vietnam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services posted this notice last week:  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced it cannot approve a Form I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative, filed on behalf of a child to be adopted from Vietnam. The Department of State (DOS) has determined that Vietnam has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Adoption Notice &#8211; U.S. Department of State to delay resuming adoptions in Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/02/01/vietnam-adoption-notice-u-s-department-of-state-to-delay-resuming-adoptions-in-vietnam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/02/01/vietnam-adoption-notice-u-s-department-of-state-to-delay-resuming-adoptions-in-vietnam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the US Department of State: Vietnam February 2012 Notice: U.S. Department of State to delay resuming adoptions in Vietnam The United States has determined that it will not resume intercountry adoptions in Vietnam on February 1, 2012, when the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption will enter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption approved for West Palm Beach mom, daughter after 4 years</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/01/26/adoption-approved-for-west-palm-beach-mom-daughter-after-4-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/01/26/adoption-approved-for-west-palm-beach-mom-daughter-after-4-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From CBS12 : Angie adopted Jada as a seven-month old baby from a Vietnam orphanage. But Vietnamese and U.S. officials stalled the adoption process. Angie&#8217;s very public fight for her daughter last year, resulted in other families joining with her. The Vietnamese government approved the stalled adoptions. The email that changed everything came two days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish-VN Adoptions To Resume In Coming Months</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/01/17/irish-vn-adoptions-to-resume-in-coming-months/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2012/01/17/irish-vn-adoptions-to-resume-in-coming-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vietnam is set to ratify the Hague Convention on February 1, and Ireland has been taking steps toward a new adoption agreement, with an eye on resuming adoptions early this year. According to The Irish Times: Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald, who recently returned from talks with officials in Hanoi, said she had made significant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Families bring Vietnamese orphans home following three year fight</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2011/12/28/families-bring-vietnamese-orphans-home-following-three-year-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2011/12/28/families-bring-vietnamese-orphans-home-following-three-year-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Fox 59 (Indiana): A time of celebration, tears of joy, and indescribable emotion. Wednesday, two central Indiana families got their miracle, years in the making. Three years ago, three Indiana couples thought they were months away from rescuing their children from a decaying Vietnam orphanage. They had no idea what they were about to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ambassador Visits Bac Lieu Orphanage</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2011/12/01/ambassador-visits-bac-lieu-orphanage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2011/12/01/ambassador-visits-bac-lieu-orphanage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following note was posted on the website of the US Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam: On November 29, Ambassador David Shear visited Bac Lieu province in southeast Vietnam. His itinerary in the province included a visit to Bac Lieu orphanage and meetings with local officials. While the Embassy has given no further public details about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption issues clearer following Vietnam&#8217;s backing of accord, says [Irish] Minister</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2011/11/28/adoption-issues-clearer-following-vietnams-backing-of-accord-says-irish-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionintegrity.com/2011/11/28/adoption-issues-clearer-following-vietnams-backing-of-accord-says-irish-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Irish Times: THERE ARE issues still to be addressed in the area of adoption between Ireland and Vietnam, Minister of State for Trade And Development Jan O’Sullivan said yesterday, but the situation had improved considerably since Hanoi ratified the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. “There is more clarity about what the issues are, [...]]]></description>
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