ISS Report on Adoption from Vietnam

In November 2009, the International Social Service (ISS) released its “Report on Adoption from Vietnam”. The ISS is “an international non-governmental organisation that has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), as well as with UNICEF and other intergovernmental bodies.” ISS helps individuals, children and families confronted with social problems involving two, or more, countries as …

DOS Notice: Vietnam

Vietnam Adoption NoticeU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues_______________________________________________ October 2009 Nearly all cases for which an official referral was issued before September 1, 2008, have now been processed to completion. The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi and Vietnamese officials are assisting families whose cases are still pending. Questions about these cases may be sent to hanoiadoptions@state.gov. At …

DOS Responds to Questions re: Nam Dinh Adoptions

Below is the text of an email from the DOS responding to PEAR’s questions concerning notification of families and children involved in the adoption cases leading to the recent criminal convictions in Vietnam Dear Ms. Weeks, Thank you for your inquiry regarding the recent convictions of individuals involved in adoption fraud in Vietnam. You have raised some important questions. Below …

Vietnamese Officials Sentenced to Jail Time for Participation in Fraudulent Adoptions

The Irish Times is reporting that six health officials and health care workers in Nam Dinh province have been sentenced to jail for arranging over 300 fraudulent adoptions.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0930/1224255526541.html Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/ People for Ethical Adoption Reform www.pear-now.org

MEDIA: Vietnam – Vietnamese doctors ‘sold’ babies for overseas adoptions

Sixteen Vietnamese doctors, nurses and officials sold 266 babies for overseas adoptions, a court heard on Tuesday. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/vietnam/6218586/Vietnamese-doctors-sold-babies-for-overseas-adoptions.html By Ian MacKinnon in BangkokPublished: 2:18PM BST 22 Sep 2009 The defendants from a number of clinics and social welfare centres in the northern province of Nam Dinh allegedly solicited the infants from unmarried mothers and impoverished families. To make the children …

UPDATE: Vietnam – DOS Statement May 1, 2009

http://www.adoption.state.gov/news/vietnam.html VietnamAdoption NoticeU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues May 1, 2009 U.S. citizens are not able to register a new adoption in Vietnam at this time. The Government of Vietnam has stated its intention to introduce new adoption legislation and to institute reforms in the adoption process, and has indicated that the anticipated new legislation and …

UPDATE: Call to Action Vietnam – USCIS/DOS Statements

Adoptions from Vietnam to the United States Will Not Resume Without a New Bilateral Agreement – Action Taken to Establish Safeguards that Protect Children and Families WASHINGTON – United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State (DOS) issued a joint statement with the government of Vietnam announcing that the processing of new adoption cases will not …

DOS:Update on Tu Du Hospital in Vietnam (2008)

Vietnam U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues August 19, 2008 Documentation related to intercountry adoption of children born at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City is unreliable, according to recent field investigations by U.S. officials. Specifically, U.S. officials conducting verification reviews see a pattern of false information in documentation pertaining to the birth mothers …

UPDATE: Call to Action Vietnam – USCIS Warning

UPDATE: Call to Action Vietnam On Friday, April 25, 2008, the US Embassy in Hanoi took the unprecedented step of releasing a detailed “Summary of Irregularities in Adoptions in Vietnam” about the adoption corruption their recent investigations uncovered in Vietnam. The text of this summary can be found at: http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/irreg_adoptions042508.html This summary followed an earlier warning not initiate adoptions from …