In 2003, after various problems from minor hiccups to major corruption, Vietnam shut down its international adoption program. After what has been years of anxious anticipation, Vietnam restructured their program and finally announced in June 2005 that they had signed an agreement between Vietnam and the United States reopening the international adoption program. From that point, U.S. adoption agencies who had remained in Vietnam, providing humanitarian aide throughout the moratorium were welcomed to start the licensing process to become licensed for adoption under the new program. The first licenses were issued in January 2006 with many more expected to follow … Continue reading →