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Vu Doc Long, head of Vietnam’s International Adoptions Agency has announced that French rock icon and notre rocker national Johnny Hallyday, 65, and his 5th wife, Laeticia Baudou, 37, have adopted a second Vietnamese child. The government declined further information such as the name and age of the girl or the name and location of the orphanage. An unidentified source said the girl was from a social welfare center in northern Vietnam. No speculation yet on if strings were pulled to get this adoption going, though it’s reported the couple visited the French embassy on Christmas Eve. In 2004, the Hallydays adopted Jade, 3 months old, from the Thanh Ba orphanage 40 miles northwest of Hanoi. That adoption caused a stir in France where the Hallydays were accused of line jumping about 350 waiting couples when Bernadette Chirac, wife of then French president Jacques Chirac, reportedly whispered the magic word “celebrity” in the ear of Vietnamese authorities. The adoption was clearly fast-tracked. Jade was adopted and home in Gstaad 6 weeks after she was reportedly abandoned at the orphanage. In an interview with the magazine VDS, Baudou skirted around the fast-track. She denied the couple had been given special treatment Continue Reading →