Angelina Jolie Archives

Angelina Jolie talked with Ho Chi Minh City’s Law newspaper:

“I will stay at home to help Pax adjust to his new life. I have four children and caring for them is the most important thing for me at the moment. I am very proud and happy to be their mother. Photographs and press coverage will make him upset. I’m very worried about that. I would like to say I’m sorry for bringing this into Pax’s life. Everyone would agree that children need to have a family. I have the ability to help children fulfill that desire. Why should I say no?”

This is the passport photo of Angelina Jolie’s newly adopted 3-year-old son Pax Thien Jolie (born Truong Quang Sang) that was attached to the passport application filed at the immigration office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Friday. The very first photos of Pax were posted here.

Angelina and Pax (along with Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh) will fly home to Los Angeles after Pax’s passport and visa have been finalized.

Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper reports that when Angelina and Pax first met, she quickly embraced him and told him in Vietnamese “Khong sao dau, khong sao dau” (No problem, no problem) and immediately started playing with him.

Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reports that Pax can count from 1 to 10 in English and his favorite foods include fried noodles and yogurt.

The adoption agency that Angelina used issued the following response to clear up rumors regarding Pax’s adoption.

“In applying to adopt 3-yr-old Pax Thien, Ms. Jolie followed the same course as all prospective adoptive parents who apply to our Vietnam program. Throughout her adoption process, which began in the summer of 2006, she has received no preferential treatment from the Vietnamese government or Adoptions From The Heart, and contrary to earlier reports, her application was not fast tracked.

Despite rumors that she chose her child, Ms. Jolie received a referral, just like any other parent adopting from Vietnam. In late 2006, she was referred a child who had been legally determined to be available for adoption and who fit within the parameters for which she had been approved to adopt. She accepted the first and only referral given to her.

In addition, we can confirm the statement given by Nguyen Van Trung, Director of Tam Binh Orphanage, that Ms. Jolie has neither made, nor promised to make, any financial contributions to his orphanage. Adoptions From The Heart celebrates the miracle of adoption with the Jolie-Pitt family, as we do with all of our clients, and wish them much joy.”

– Heidi Gonzalez, Vietnam Adoption Coordinator for Adoptions From The Heart

New reports from Vietnam are coming in that Angelina Jolie has renamed her 3-year-old adopted son from Pham Quang Sang to PAX THIEN JOLIE (soon to be PAX THIEN JOLIE-PITT).

In Latin, “PAX” means “peace.” In Vietnamese, “THIEN” means “sky.” The coolness factor pretty much matches up with the rest of the pack: Maddox, Zahara and Shiloh. PAX. THIEN. JOLIE. PITT.

But it has been confirmed that Angelina has completed procedures with Vietnamese authorities to adopt. Just one more hoop to jump through: U.S. consular and embassy officials must give approval.

In short… Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will soon have four children: 5-year-old son Maddox adopted from Cambodia, 3-year-old son Pax adopted from Vietnam, 2-year-old daughter Zahara adopted from Ethiopia and 10-month old daughter Shiloh, who was born to the couple in May 2006.

First picture: Pax Jolie & Tam Binh Orphanage’s director Nguyen Van Trung

Second picture: Angelina Jolie and Maddox inside the orphanage

Third picture: Angelina leaving the Tam Binh orphanage

Fourth picture: Pax Jolie stands with other children from the orphanage

Fifth picture: Pax Jolie … bound for L.A.

Angelina Jolie, dressed in a black skirt and shirt, picks up 3-year-old son Pax Thien Jolie on Thursday at the Tam Binh orphanage outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She was protected by a host of security offiers, including her own personal security guard, Mickey Brett.

According to one Vietnam newspaper, Angelina Jolie’s new adopted child is named Pham Quang Sang. After adoption papers have been finalized, it seems that Sang Pax will be welcomed into the Jolie-Pitt family with open arms.

Nguyen Van Trung, the director of Tam Binh Orphanage, revealed that Angelina and Maddox made an emotional 30-minute visit to pick up Sang Pax.

Angelina and Maddox were welcomed by the orphanage by about 20 flower-bearing children dressed in traditional Vietnamese tunics.

“They tried to make friends with the Vietnamese boy, who cried when he saw them because for him, they are strangers,” Trung said. “Jolie was very moved. Both of them tried to comfort the little boy.”

The orphanage staff has tried, without success, to locate Sang’s Pax’s parents.

Sources also reveal that Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh are all in Vietnam. There have been no sightings of Brad Pitt because “Brad very much wanted to be there but is under contract working on a film in Los Angeles and as a result couldn’t go,” says Trevor Neilson, Angelina’s adviser on international affairs.

Angelina and her kids are currently staying at Park Hyatt Hotel, where she and Brad Pitt stayed during their first trip to Ho Chi Minh City during Thanksgiving.

UPDATE :: Angelina has renamed her son to Pax Thien Jolie.

Angelina Jolie leaves from Ho Chi Minh City International Airport and is escorted through Vietnam with 5-year-old son Maddox under the protection of her personal security officer Mickey Brett. Here’s Angelina’s expected agenda during her stay:

• Travel to Tam Binh orphanage outside Ho Chi Minh City to receive 3-year-old child (most likely a boy)
• Participate in an adoption ceremony with officials in Ho Chi Minh City
• Meet with U.S. consular officials to review the adoption and grant the child a passport.

It appears that Brad Pitt is home in L.A. taking care of his two daughters, Zahara, 2, and Shiloh, 10 months.

If all goes according to plan, officials say Angelina Jolie could bring her newly adopted child home from Vietnam by the weekend.

Angelina is expected to arrive in Vietnam late Wednesday night and attend an adoption ceremony with Vietnamese officials on Thursday morning.

The 3-and-a-half-year-old boy Angelina is expected to adopt has been living at the Tam Binh orphanage (pictured) on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.

Angelina Jolie’s adoption application is being processed quickly and she could pick up her new 3 1/2-year-old son within a few weeks, Vietnam’s top adoption official said Tuesday.

The adoption is being processed quickly because the boy is an older child, and his files were nearly complete before Angelina decided to adopt.

The boy was abandoned at a Ho Chi Minh City hospital as a baby and is currently at the Tam Binh orphanage on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.

One orphanage official said of the boy, who likes to play soccer with the other children: “He is in good health. He is a little bit shy.” The Pitt soccer team is on its way!

Angelina has two adopted children — Maddox, 5, Zahara, 2 — and one daughter with Brad Pitt — Shiloh, almost 10 months.