An agreement between the United States and Vietnam that has enabled the adoptions of hundreds of Vietnamese children came to an end last week as a result of corruption revelations that came to light during an April investigation by the U.S. embassy in Hanoi.

"The six-month investigation of 300 cases unearthed disturbing situations, including hospitals sending babies to orphanages for overseas adoption in the wake of parents being unable to pay medical bills for the birth. Health officials also got financial inducement. In one case a grandmother sent a baby girl for adoption without the knowledge of the parents, though in that instance the baby was reunited with her mother."

The adoption agreement between the two countries has been suspended indefinitely, until both sides can resolve disagreements over the program. Source: KazinForm

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