HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam is ending a baby adoption agreement with the United States after being accused of allowing corruption and baby-selling, officials said Monday. The agreement was being considered for renewal but the two sides remained far apart over revisions, said Vu Duc Long, director of Vietnam’s International Adoption Agency. The agreement expires on [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Vietnam to end adoption program with US
Posted in Adoption, Vietnam on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Vietnamese babies ‘stolen for adoption in West’
Posted in Adoption, Vietnam on April 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By Thomas Bell, South East Asia Correspondent Last Updated: 5:50pm BST 25/04/2008 Vietnamese babies are being kidnapped, bought and stolen from their parents then – in effect – sold for adoption in America, Britain and other Western countries, according to a new investigation. In some cases hospitals have sent babies to orphanages for adoption after [...]
Matters of Trust, part 1
Posted in Misplaced Baggage on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
pic by sume Reflecting I don’t know how long I stood there, in front of the mirror, looking for my father’s features. There must be something there, a hint in the shape of my nose or the curve of my jaw. Surely I’d be able to find some distinguishable feature that would verify at least [...]
Warning Concerning Adoptions in Vietnam
Posted in Adoption, Vietnam on April 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
April 2008 The Department of State continues to urge prospective adoptive parents and adoption service providers not to initiate new adoptions from Vietnam at this time. The 2005 Memorandum of Agreement, required by Vietnamese law to authorize adoptions between the United States and Vietnam, expires on September 1, 2008. In addition, recent field investigations have [...]
US alleges baby-selling in Vietnam
Posted in Adoption, Vietnam on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
AP Exclusive: US report alleges baby-selling, corruption in adoptions from Vietnam By BEN STOCKING Associated Press Writer HANOI, Vietnam Apr 24, 2008 (AP) Vietnam has failed to police its adoption system, allowing corruption, fraud and baby-selling to flourish, the U.S. Embassy says in a new report obtained by The Associated Press. The nine-page document describes [...]
Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh: Saigon
Posted in Adoptee Blogs & Websites, Vietnam on April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Fellow Vietnamese adoptee, Erik Chau shares some of his first trip back to Việt Nam.
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