Vietnam to end adoption program with US

With all of the political problems going on in Vietnam there has been a lot of speculation on whether or not the US and Vietnam would continue their adoption relationship when it comes time to renew their bilateral agreement on September 1, 2008. Well on Friday we got our answer. Below is a statement issued by the Vietnamese Government.

On April 25, the Government of Vietnam announced that it will allow adoption to be completed in cases where prospective adoptive parents have been matched with a child and received an official referral prior to September 1, 2008. It further stated that in accordance with Vietnamese law, the DIA will suspend the acceptance of new dossiers on July 1, 2008. On September 1, 2008 any dossier that has not received a referral will be closed and returned to the Adoption Service Provider. In view of the processing time required in Vietnam from placement to the Giving and Receiving Ceremony, an adoption process begun now cannot be completed before the current Agreement expires.

to read more on this: http://wcbstv.com/nationalwire/22.0.html?type=national&serviceLevel=a&category=i&filename=Vietnam-US-Adoption.xml

What does this mean for our case? If all goes well and the US and Vietnam cooperate to get our case investigated, we can travel soon to bring Madison home. If not, our agency will have to make the decision to put us back on the list for another referral and we will have to hope that we receive that new referral before September 1. We really hope and pray that it doesn't come down to this, but at this point it is totally out of our hands. So please continue to pray that it all works out in our favor. I don't know how much more we can handle of this roller coaster ride.