I created this list of common abbreviations in Vietnam Adoptions for the MAP list and thought I'd share it here along with a few others I've picked up along the way:

• AAR Adoption Agency Research - email list
• AP Adoptive Parent
• APV Adoptive Parents - Vietnam - email list
• AYAP As young as possible (pertaining to the requested age of child)
• CHI Children's Hope International (agency)
• DHS Department of Homeland Security
• DIA/IAD Department of International Adoptions in Vietnam (a division of the MoJ)
• DTV Dossier to Vietnam
• FCV Families With Children From Vietnam - website and nat'l support group
• G&R Giving & Receiving Ceremony, the adoption ceremony held in Vietnam
• HCMC Ho Chi Minh City , formerly known as Saigon
• INS - Immigration and Naturalization Services (also known as USCIS) a division of the DHS
• LVC Loving Vietnam's Children - email list
• MoJ Ministry of Justice (in Vietnam)
• NOID: Notice of Intent To Deny (child's visa)
• NSN Non-Special Needs
• OC Older Child (pretaining to the age at which a child is adopted)
• PAP Prospective Adoptive Parent
• SN Special Needs
• SW Social Worker
• TA Travel Approval
• USCIS - US Citizenship and Immigration Services (also known as INS), a division of the DHS
• VORF Vietnamese Orphan Relief Fund (agency)