May 23 2008
Vietnam bans U.S. adoption applications after criticism over baby-selling
Holly Fox’s Familienpolitik blog recently posted on a Washington Post article that describes U.S. allegations of baby-selling and trafficking in Vietnam. According to the article, some brokers go to rural Vietnamese villages to buy babies that eventually get adopted. Inconsistencies in adoption paperwork led authorities to investigate, and new parents most likely would never know that their babies had been trafficked.
As a result, Vietnam is now halting new adoption applications from U.S. couples.
