Adoption chiefs to go to Vietnam over fears

OFFICIALS from the Adoption Authority are to travel to Vietnam to examine if the “profound concerns” raised in a number of international reports about adoption practices in the country have been addressed.

Speaking after a meeting with Adoption Authority chairman Geoffrey Shannon and chief executive Elizabeth Canavan, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald said she had asked officials from the authority to travel to the south east Asian country ahead of the country ratifying the Hague Convention in June.

However, Ms Fitzgerald said it was important not to “raise expectations unduly” about when an administrative agreement could be arranged with the country