"Vietnam to resume adoptions to US" Associated Press September 13, 2014
HANOI — Vietnam and the United States will soon resume limited inter-country adoptions, both nations said Friday, six years after a ban was imposed because of allegations of widespread baby-selling and children offered without the consent of their birth parents.
Under the new agreement, Americans will be able to adopt children with special needs and those over 5 years of age.
Adoptions will resume once the Vietnam government announces which adoption service providers in the United States are authorized to represent American parents, the US Embassy said in an advisory. Nguyen Van Binh, director of the adoption agency at Vietnam’s Ministry of Justice, said two US agencies would be given licenses next week.
Prior to the ban in 2008, Vietnam was a popular destination for prospective Americans parents. But the US Embassy had concerns that the demand had led to a poorly regulated industry supplying healthy babies to those prepared to pay significant sums of money.
In 2009, a UN-commissioned report confirmed those allegations. It said cash payments by adoption agencies to orphanages led them to seek out children for adoption, often without proper checks.
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The scary thing is adoption rings have become procurement operation for organ harvesting and elite pedophiles.
