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Thu 01 Jan 2010Vietnam adoption agreement suspended
The Government has announced it is to suspend “indefinitely” negotiations on a new adoption agreement with Vietnam and said couples eligible to adopt children from that country may instead opt to adopt from another jurisdiction.
Minister for Children Barry Andrews said the decision was taken in response to the “serious findings and recommendations” contained in the report on intercountry adoption commissioned by Unicef and the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice and carried out by International Social Services (ISS).
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