Adopting from Vietnam

Vietnam and the United States are making progress on an agreement to once again allow Americans to adopt Vietnamese children, according to U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA). During a late February visit to Hanoi, Sen. Landrieu, one of a number of senators and adoption groups who have been pressing Vietnam to implement stronger safeguards and increase oversight over the adoption process, said she now believes adoptions from Vietnam should be allowed to resume.

“The government of Vietnam seems to be willing to restart, and there are just some final details to be worked out with the government of the United States,” Sen. Landrieu said at a news conference. “We hope that it will be in the near future.”