When You Were Born in Vietnam
When You Were Born in Vietnam
A Mother Reflects on Raising
Internationally Adopted Children
by Therese Bartlett, with photographs
by William Bartlett
$18.95
ISBN: 0-9638472-5-2
44 pages, hardcover, color photographs
When You Were Born in Vietnam is the third book in the thoughtful series of adoption photo-essays published by Yeong & Yeong Book Company. Speaking directly to adopted children, this book offers a clear and straightforward explanation of how children in Vietnam are placed for adoption. When You Were Born in Vietnam brings to life through superb, emotion-filled full color photography the story of an adoption from an orphanage in Vietnam.
Accompany a child from arrival at the orphanage, witness the loving care that is given there, and follow the journey through to placement in a new, forever family. The Bartletts offer a brief overview of Vietnam and together with stunning photography capture the richness of the people and their culture while offering a view of the many hardships their birthparents may have faced that ultimately led them to make the decision to find loving families to raise and care for their children. A touching keepsake for all children adopted from Vietnam, the book is a must for school-aged children who are becoming aware of their own unique adoption stories as well as for the adults who love them. Social workers and adoption agencies will find it a useful tool for themselves and for sharing with adoptive families. Families waiting to adopt from Vietnam will be especially delighted with this book, as they gain a fuller understanding of the joy that waits for them across the ocean.
Just as When You Were Born in Korea and When You Were Born in China were developed as fund-raising efforts for adoption-related projects in Korea and China, all proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Catalyst Foundation, a non-profit, non-political organization founded in 1999 by a couple who adopted twin daughters from Vietnam. Catalyst aims to improve the lives of Vietnamese children through relief efforts and increased adoptions so that the children may reach their full potential.
Therese Bartlett (a graphic designer) and William Bartlett (a commercial photographer) work and reside in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and are the proud parents of a daughter and a son, both adopted from Vietnam through Children’s Home Society of Minnesota. The Bartletts are active members in the agency’s Vietnam Families Group and developed and chaired Catalyst Foundation’s Annual Family Portrait Fundraiser.
See the photo credits, times and places for this book.
| Here is a listing of all the photographs in When You Were Born in Vietnam, with some explanation of where the picture was taken. Abbreviations such as "TL" or "BR" refer to the position on the page, i.e. Top Left or Bottom Right. Most of these pictures were taken in December, 2000. Cover: Field worker in rice paddy, Long An Province Cover inset: -Nanny and child, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province Inside cover: -Child, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
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| Page IV: | -Traditional Asian symbol for ‘prosperous life’, Emperor Tu Duc Tomb, Hue |
| Page 1: | -Children with nanny, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 2: | Courtyard Entrance, Ngoc Son Temple, Hanoi |
| Page 3: | TL: Nannies, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center TML: Child sleeping, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center TR: Children at Mam Non II Orphanage, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) BL: -CHSM-VNP Staff member translating for families, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center BR: Child swinging, Mam Non II Orphanage, HCMC |
| Page 4: | L: Cham Tower, Phan Thiet TR: Local children at sand dunes, Phan Thiet BR: Van Mieu (Temple of Literature), Hanoi |
| Page 5: | TL: Mandarin statues, Imperial City, Hue TM: Mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi TR: Dragon sculpture in steps, Minh Mang Tomb, Hue BL: Field worker in rice paddy, Long An Province MR: Buddhist worshippers, Tran Quoc Pagoda, Hanoi BR: Tomb, Perfume River, Hue |
| Page 6: | Field worker in rice paddy, Long An Province |
| Page 7: | TL: Young boy fishing, South China (Eastern) Sea, Phan Thiet TR: -Boy tending ducks, Long An Province BL: Morning catch, Phan Thiet BR: Boy tending water buffalo, Long An Province |
| Page 8: | L: Woman navigating through river channel, Mekong Delta TR: Father and son, Perfume River, Hue MR: Family on house boat, Hue BR: Family navigating the Perfume River, Hue |
| Page 9: | TL: Rural dwelling, Long An Province TR: Schoolgirls returning home from school, Long An Province BL: -Family making rice paper, Mekong Delta BR: Woman making coconut candy, Mekong Delta |
| Page 10: | L: Delivering fresh fish to the market, Old Quarter, Hanoi TR: Carrying goods to the market, Old Quarter, Hanoi BR: Young boy getting a hair cut, Hanoi |
| Page 11: | TL: Purchasing fresh flowers, Old Quarter of Hanoi TR: -Woman selling live chickens on the streets, HCMC BL: Ben Thanh Market, HCMC BR: Clothing vendor, Old Quarter, Hanoi |
| Page 12: | L: Street vendor, Ho Chi Minh City TR: Woman food vendor waiting for boat ride to market, Hue BR: -Young girl selling books and cards to tourists, District 1, HCMC |
| Page 13: | TL: Young girl making Incense to sell at local pagodas, Hue TR: Men working on the Perfume River, Hue BL: -Young girls selling food on the trail to the tomb of Minh Mang, Hue BR: Street vendor, Hue |
| Page 14: | TL: Young woman, Mekong Delta BL: Child in crib, Mam Non II Orphanage, HCMC BR: -Young mothers with children at local hospital, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 15: | -Young boys at window, Mam Non II Orphanage, HCMC |
| Page 16: | Toddlers sitting at doorway to their room, Mam Non II, HCMC |
| Page 17: | TL: -Child and nanny, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province TR: -Nannies playing with children, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province BL: -Babies and nannies in the Infant Room, Mam Non II Orphanage, HCMC |
| Page 18: | L & TR: -Nannies caring for infants, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province BR: -Washing bottles for the next feeding, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 19. | L: -Nanny cooing at child, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province M: Washcloth on clothes line, Mam Non II Orphanage, HCMC TR: -Nanny feeding infant, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province BR: -Older orphans helping with laundry, Mam Non II Orphanage, HCMC |
| Page 20: | -Infant sleeping on reed mat, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 21: | BL: -Nanny looking fondly at infant on floor, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province TR: Twins sharing crib, Mam Non II Orphanage, HCMC BR: Infant napping, HTCHC, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 22: | -Nannies and children, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 23: | TL: Nanny and child, Mam Non II Orphanage, HCMC TR: -Nanny, infant and Mrs. Hai (Director of the Binh Thuan CPCC), Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province BL: -Afternoon feeding, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province BR: -Nanny comforting child, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 24: | TL: Child’s medical journal TR: -Doctor examining child, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province BL: -Doctor and nanny measuring infant’s head, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 25: | -Doctor measuring growth of a newborn, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 26: | L: Paperwork! R: Actual referral photos of placed children |
| Page 27: | L: -Family reviewing referral photos, medical history and general information supplied by adoption agency R: Actual referral photos of placed children |
| Page 28: | L: -CHSM-VNP staff member presenting child to his new family, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province R: -Grandmother with her new Granddaughter, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 29: | -Mother and son sharing their first meeting with his nanny, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 30: | BL: -First meeting for mother and son, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province TL: -Father and son getting to know one other, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province TR: -Mother, son and nanny taking time for a family photo, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province BR: -Sharing pictures with the newest member of the family while new big brother takes time to capture a shot of the photographer!, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 31: | -Mrs. Thu (Orphanage Director) and the nannies watching all the new families with their new children, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province |
| Page 32: | -Family signing papers at the the Giving and Receiving Ceremony, Binh Thuan Province Government Center, Phan Thiet |
| Page 33: | TL: -Families posing for a photo after the G&R, Binh Thuan Province Government Center, Phan Thiet TR: -Vietnamese official explaining what is required of all families and congratulating them and their new children, Binh Thuan Province Government Center, Phan Thiet B: -Family signing official papers with help of government official and CHSM-VNP staff member, Binh Thuan Province Government Center, Phan Thiet |
| Page 34: | L: -Mother and child spending special time together with new aunt, HCM TR: Child with family, HCMC MR: Child and nannies at hotel, HCMC BR: -Van ride to doctor’s examinations, HCMC |
| Page 35: | TL: -Doctor examining child for visa application, Cho Ray Hospital, HCM TR: -Nurse weighing a child as mom watches, Cho Ray Hospital, HCMC BL: --Doctor talking to mother about her child’s health, Cho Ray Hospital, HCMC BR: -Child’s new Vietnamese passport |
| Page 36: | TL: -Mother and child visiting local sights, HCMC TR: -Children playing in courtyard, Temple of Literature, Hanoi BL: -First family cyclo ride, HCMC BR: -Children playing with balloons, Water Puppet Theatre, HCMC |
| Page 37: | TL: -Mother with child posing after INS interview, HCMC TM: -Minh Mang Tomb, Hue R: -Father and daughter celebrating Christmas in the park, HCMC BL: -Families enjoying a ride on tram at the local water park, HCMC |
| Page 38: | L: -CHSM-VNP staff member with child, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province TR: -Joyous moments shared by nannies, mother and child, Ham Tan Children’s Home Center, Binh Thuan Province BR: CHSM-VNP staff member with child, HCMC |
| Page 39: | L: -Mother and child boarding the plane to a new destination, Hue Airport, Hue R: -Finally! A peaceful moment on the journey home, somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. |
| Page 40: | T, BL and BR: - Family and friends gathered at airport for the big arrival! |
| Page 41: | T, BL and BR: Welcoming the newest family member! |
| Page 42: | -Happy boy! |
