Does the USG want to end all intercountry adoptions from Vietnam?
• The USG does not want to end adoptions from Vietnam. • Instead, we hope that this renegotiation process will result in concrete steps towards establishing a more transparent adoption process with the safeguards necessary to protect children, birth parents, and adoptive parents. • Field investigations by USG personnel have revealed evidence of fraud which undermine the reliability of the adoption process in Vietnam. • This evidence requires us to scrutinize individual cases carefully to verify whether the children involved are actually eligible for adoption under Vietnamese and U.S. law. Q: Why is the U.S. Government issuing this warning? • Vietnamese law, not U.S. law, requires a Memorandum of Agreement. The current Agreement expires on September 1. • We hope that a new Agreement can be finalized before that date. • We cannot predict, however, whether this will be the case and want prospective parents to be aware of that risk. Q: What steps has the USG undertaken to address concerns
