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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

US-Vietnam Adoption Deal Ended

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

Labels: corruption, international, Vietnam

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Vietnamese Legislators Agree to Adoption Regulations

Vietnam's National Assembly's Standing Committee has agreed to fully support the signing and ratifying of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption. The Hague Convention, as this document is more commonly known, is a set of policies meant to ensure the protection of adopted children.

"Since 2003, with the Government's 68/202/ND-CP decree coming into force, a number of agreements on child adoption with other countries have been signed and an International Adoption Department under the Ministry of Justice has been set up."

Ratification of the Hague Convention took several years. Vietnam had to set several policies in place to ensure conditions were in line with the convention's requirements. Source: Vietnam Bridge

Labels: international, protection, Vietnam