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State Department delegation meets with Vietnamese government on Memorandum of Understanding

A delegation from the US State Department met with a Government of Vietnam delegation in Hanoi , Vietnam , on March 11-12, to discuss a draft instrument on intercountry adoption. Vietnamese legislation requires that Vietnam sign an international treaty on adoptions in order to permit intercountry adoptions between Vietnam and another country. Vietnam has not signed the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoptions, a multilateral treaty that the US has signed but not yet implemented. According to the Office of Children's Issues, though the discussions concluded without reaching a final agreement on a text, the United States and Vietnam are committed to continuing dialogue with a view toward reaching agreement on a bilateral document as soon as possible. Read the State Department's formal update by clicking here .