Vietnam Program Updates
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Vietnam Program Updates
Aug 29, 2008
Families Continue to Travel to Complete Their Adoptions
Three families have just returned from Vietnam this August after completing their adoptions of 4 children from the Tam Binh 2 orphanage and Picasso orphanage. Congratulations to all the new families! We hope to have more families traveling to Vietnam soon after receiving their Giving & Receiving date and their USCIS approval to travel.
The current agreement between Vietnam and the United States for intercountry adoption expires September 1, 2008. The two countries are currently discussing a new agreement. As details unfold, Children’s Hope Vietnam Program Updates will contain the most up-to-date information, directly from our staff in Vietnam.
Jul 24, 2008
A Child's Right Campaign for Vietnam: 149 Signatories Show Their Support
In early June, Children’s Hope began spreading the word to our families to support the Joint Council on International Children's Services' (JCICS) A Child’s Right Campaign for Vietnam by calling and emailing their members of Congress and asking them to back this important initiative.
The result? Click here and scroll through this PDF’s pages.
Jun 13, 2008
Joyful News in Vietnam Even During Uncertainty
Last week, three families received referrals for adoptions from Vietnam! There was one referral for a healthy boy 3-years-old and two referrals for children with special needs. The family that received the healthy boy waited 19 months for their referral.
Congressional Writing Campaign
The Joint Council (JCICS) "A Child's Right Campaign" received over 2500 Emails asking the US State Department to work in good faith with the Vietnam Government to keep adoptions open in Vietnam past this Fall. We can only hope that just as many calls and emails were also received by US Senators and Representatives. The JCICS is compiling all of the emails to be submitted to Condoleezza Rice's office as well as Congress.
The Joint Council (JCICS) "A Child's Right Campaign" received over 2500 Emails asking the US State Department to work in good faith with the Vietnam Government to keep adoptions open in Vietnam past this Fall. We can only hope that just as many calls and emails were also received by US Senators and Representatives. The JCICS is compiling all of the emails to be submitted to Condoleezza Rice's office as well as Congress.
May 9, 2008
Waiting For Official Comments on Vietnam
Children's Hope Vietnam is still waiting for the Vietnamese government to issue a formal statement to adoption agencies regarding last week's news media reports on adoptions in Vietnam.
A wire service article that was published on April 28 reported that Vietnam will end its adoption program with the United States. In the article Dr. Vu Duc Long, the Director of Vietnam's Department of International Adoption, sent a letter to the U.S. Embassy stating that Vietnam would no longer accept adoption paperwork (dossiers) from American families after July 1.
Apr 18, 2008
Two Boys Find Their Forever Homes
Mar 26, 2008
New Parents Join Large and Excited Travel Groups to Complete Their Vietnamese Adoptions
Seven Children’s Hope families are currently traveling to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to meet their children and finalize their Vietnamese adoptions. We hope in early April there will be another large group of families traveling to Vietnam! Three families are now only awaiting their Giving & Receiving ceremony dates so they can also make their travel arrangements to unite with their children. In late February, four families also completed their adoptions in Vietnam and arrived home anew.
Feb 15, 2008
A New Year for Vietnam Brings Three Families News of Their Referral
It is a great start to Vietnam’s New Year! Children’s Hope received 3 referrals for our families after Vietnam’s celebration of their national holiday: a 2-month-old girl and a 3-month-old boy, both from Kien Giang province, and a 6-month-old girl from the Tam Binh 2 orphanage. They are all adorable and we are so thrilled for the families. Congratulations to all the new families!
Jan 15, 2008
Ready to Grow Their Family – Vietnam Families Receive Referrals
We are delighted to announce that in 2008 thus far, several Children’s Hope families have received referrals. One family was matched with 3 ½-month-old twin girls from Phu My orphanage in Ho Cho Minh City. The family is thrilled and couldn’t be happier! We are also happy to announce two brothers, 2 ½ and 4 ½ years old, were matched with their parents and a 3 ½-month-old little girl from Tam Binh 2 orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City with her family. Congratulations to you all! The next family to receive an infant girl has waited 19 months; for an infant boy, 17 months. We do expect these wait times to continue to increase in 2008.
Dec 7, 2007
Families Begin Receiving 1-600 Approvals!
Children’s Hope is delighted to report new referrals! This week a family received a referral for a 2-year-old girl from the Go Vap orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City. Two referrals were received the week prior: a 4½-year-old girl from Tam Binh 2 orphanage and a 2½-year-old boy from the Go Vap orphanage, both in Ho Chi Minh City. And in mid-November, Children’s Hope received the referral of a 6-week-old boy, born with a cleft lip/palate, from the Kien Giang province. Congratulations to these families and this great news of Thanksgiving!
Nov 15, 2007
Eleven Families Especially Thankful This Thanksgiving
Referrals: In the past month, the Vietnam Team received eight referrals for Children’s Hope families. In the first week of November, two families received their first photos and medical updates on their child, one family for a referral of a 3 ½-month-old boy from Phu My orphanage and the second for a 2-year-old boy from Tam Binh 1 orphanage, both in Ho Chi Minh City. The families waited 15 months and 12 ½ months for their referrals.
Oct 15, 2007
Celebrations: Both in Vietnam and in the States
Twenty-seven families welcomed our in country representative Thuy and a Vietnam delegation in St. Louis October 4. Each family came with a great spirit to meet and visit with several instrumental officials who made their Vietnam adoptions possible.
"Thank you for giving these children a better and happier life, with your love and your care," Le Thanh Tam, the Director of DOLISA, greeted the families.
"Thank you for giving these children a better and happier life, with your love and your care," Le Thanh Tam, the Director of DOLISA, greeted the families.
Sep 15, 2007
Wait Times Increase with Applications on the Rise for Vietnam
The wait time to adopt a boy from Vietnam is continuing to increase slowly, as applications continue to rise. New applicants should expect to wait 18-24 months for their referral. For those currently in the process for their adoption, families are being matched for infant boys within 13 months; this wait will gradually increase. The wait for a girl continues to be 2+ years. Please remember these wait times are predictions and current patterns may change at any time.
Aug 31, 2007
News summary
Children’s Hope received a healthy 4-month-old male referral for a family today from Kien Giang orphanage! His family waited 13 months for their referral. Congratulations!
There are currently three families in Vietnam traveling; an additional three families will leave next week for their own Giving & Receiving ceremonies in Vietnam which will complete their international adoption.
Aug 15, 2007
Current news
The Vietnam team is happy to announce three new referrals the first week of August. The first was for a family who adopting a healthy 14-month-old boy and the other referrals were for the Children’s Hope Waiting Child list: 3-year-old and 4-year-old boys. We expect to receive more referrals this month. There is a chance for some infant referrals soon but some are still too young to be taken for their medical check-ups.
Aug 8, 2007
August 8, 2008
Children’s Hope received a healthy 4-month-old male referral for a family today from Kien Giang orphanage! His family waited 13 months for their referral. Congratulations!
There are currently three families in Vietnam traveling; an additional three families will leave next week for their own Giving & Receiving ceremonies in Vietnam which will complete their international adoption.
Jul 20, 2007
Vietnamese Delegation Visits Children's Hope
Children’s Hope families who adopted from Vietnam attended a reception at Children’s Hope for two top adoption officials from Vietnam on July 19. Dr. Vu Duc Long, the Director of DIA (Department of International Adoption) and Mr. Dang Minh Dao, legal expert for the DIA, made Children’s Hope their first stop in a visit to the United States. The 25 families showed off their children adopted from Vietnam and heard the two men speak glowingly about the Children’s Hope Vietnam adoption program.
May 31, 2007
May News
Referrals: In the last two weeks, Children’s Hope shared in the happy news of three healthy referrals and the placement of two waiting children. The referrals were for a 13-month-old male, a 3-month-old infant girl, and a 4-year-old boy—all from the TB1 orphanage in HCMC. We placed two waiting children—a 20-month-old boy and a 17-month-old girl, both also from the TB1 orphanage.
May 9, 2007
Seven Families will Celebrate Mother’s Day in Vietnam
The first week of May was Mother’s Day and Father’s Day all wrapped up in one for seven families who held their child for the first time shortly after arriving in Vietnam. Once their entire Vietnam adoption process is complete, all seven new families will travel home shortly after the official day (Sunday, May 13) set aside to honor moms.
Apr 19, 2007
Referral news!
Children's Hope is happy to announce the referral of a 3-month-old infant boy from GoVap orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City. Congratulations to the family! We do expect more referrals in the next few weeks. Several children are having or have had their medicals and blood tests but we are just waiting on the results.
Mar 22, 2007
Referrals, travel and more travel!
This week we received two referrals of boys and one new waiting child. The waiting child has already been posted on CHIfamily.net. She is 2 years old and HIV and Hepatitis C positive. The boys were 15 months and 3 years old respectively and both from HCMC orphanages (TB2 and GoVap). The family referred the 15-month-old waited 7 months; the family referred the 3-year-old, 3 months. Congratulations to the new families!
In the first week of April, Children's Hope International's Vietnam Program received the good news of referrals! On April 4, two referrals, both for boys, were presented to Children's Hope families. Both boys are from Ho Chi Minh City; the first is 7 months old and is from Tam Binh 1 orphanage, the second is 11 months old and is from the GoVap orphanage. Congratulations to the families!
In the last week of March, seven traveling families returned home to the US with their new sons and daughters. These families had great trips but many were anxious to come home and begin bonding as a family in their home states.
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