Adoption lines between Ireland and Vietnam are set to reopen by autumn, Kevin Doyle of the Herald reports.
The Lanes were no strangers to adoption. The duo brought eight adopted children into their home.
The earliest possible break could be Oct. 1, when Vietnam is expected to sign the Hague Convention, which imposes standards for adoptions.
A heart and chest surgeon by training, Mr Roesler was adopted as a nine-month-old baby by a German couple from an Vietnamese orphanage.
Mai Anh took it upon herself to take Thien Nhan to a medical center where he could get urgent treatment.
Arriving at an orphanage was no guarantee that a baby would thrive or even live as conditions could be squalid, unsafe and crowded.
While the treaty will bring clarity, the downside is that many of the 80 countries signed up to the Hague Convention may have few children for adoption.
The Chesneys rely on Vietnamese Christians and care-givers they have placed as “parents” for the children.
Children's Minister Barry Andrews admitted yesterday it could be 2011 before Vietnam ratifies the Hague Convention.
Among those sentenced were the heads of two welfare centers who helped persuade unwed pregnant mothers to give up their babies in exchange for food.
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