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MrsQ
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Angelina Arrives in Vietnam to Adopt Son
Angelina Jolie arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday, in the company of her son Maddox, to adopt a 3-year-old boy from Vietnam.
Though the Associated Press reports that the actress is picking up her son this weekend, sources tell Usmagazine.com that she might collect her new child as soon as tonight.
Jolie is scheduled to attend an adoption ceremony with Vietnamese officials in HMC City on Thursday morning, the officials told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about the matter.
After she receives the child, Jolie will meet with U.S. consular officials, who must review the adoption before a passport can be issued for the boy.
If all goes according to plan, the 31-year-old actress could bring the child home by the weekend, officials told the AP.
The boy has been living at the Tam Binh orphanage on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City since he was abandoned at a hospital as an infant, according to adoption officials.
Shortly after he arrived at the orphanage, the Tam Binh staff tried unsuccessfully to locate the boy's birth parents.
The boy is healthy, friendly and a little bit shy, they said. He gets along well with other children and loves to play soccer.
The swiftness of the adoption comes as somewhat of a surprise, as earlier this week Vu Duc Long, Head of the Bureau of International Adopted Children, said that Jolie wouldn't receive the official notice which allows her to claim the child until next month, and therefore couldn't take the child home until April.
However, Long has admitted that Jolie's adoption case is being processed more quickly than most because "a celebrated person is certainly treated a little bit different from others."
Jolie filed adoption papers as a single parent, because she and partner Brad Pitt, 43, are not married.
The couple have three children: 5-year-old Maddox, adopted from Cambodia; 2-year-old Zahara, adopted from Ethiopia; and daughter, Shiloh, who was born to the couple in May.
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Re: Angelina Arrives in Vietnam to Adopt Son
she needs to stop adopting kids and focus on her 3 beautiful children, now its just getting ridiculous imo
Message edited 3/14/2007 12:28:36 PM.
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| Posted 3/14/07 12:28 PM |
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zeta1996
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Re: Angelina Arrives in Vietnam to Adopt Son
I just dont like that because she is a celebrity, she gets to adopt so quickly. There are plenty of parents out there who wait a long time before the adoption ever happens. This only took a month!!!!
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| Posted 3/14/07 12:39 PM |
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MrsBlueSash
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Re: Angelina Arrives in Vietnam to Adopt Son
Posted by zeta1996
I just dont like that because she is a celebrity, she gets to adopt so quickly. There are plenty of parents out there who wait a long time before the adoption ever happens. This only took a month!!!!
actually it took over a year.
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| Posted 3/14/07 12:40 PM |
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sweetie
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Re: Angelina Arrives in Vietnam to Adopt Son
I think it's her business how many kids she has/adopts.
My cousin was adopted from Vietnam when he was a baby & he is doing great now.
If she has the love, patience & resources, why not?
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| Posted 3/14/07 1:05 PM |
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alisonggg
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Re: Angelina Arrives in Vietnam to Adopt Son
Posted by sweetie
If she has the love, patience & resources, why not?
I agree...I think its wonderful not only for the child that she adopts but for the awareness that her celebrity will bring to foreign adoptions
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| Posted 3/14/07 1:20 PM |
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Karebaby
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Re: Angelina Arrives in Vietnam to Adopt Son
Am I the only one who is getting bored of hearing about her adopting kids?
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| Posted 3/14/07 1:51 PM |
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mosa77
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Re: Angelina Arrives in Vietnam to Adopt Son
i think it is wonderful that they want to adopt soo many children they have the money and resources to do so and obviously the love for children, those children will be soo fortunate i think it is much better then having them sit in an orphanage. i hope they adopt many more!
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| Posted 3/14/07 2:48 PM |
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Superkat
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Re: Angelina Arrives in Vietnam to Adopt Son
They are working on a hockey team. 
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| Posted 3/15/07 1:06 AM |
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