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HANOI - Actress Angelina Jolie arrived in the Vietnamese capital today to finish procedures to take her newly adopted son to the United States.
Jolie, who has been pursued by photographers and TV crews, was met at Hanoi airport by four cars and driven to the historic Metropole hotel in the city center, people inside and outside of the hotel said.
Jolie has stayed out of public view in Vietnam since her arrival in southern Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday to adopt an almost three-and-a-half year old boy from an orphanage.
The boy was re-named Pax Thien Jolie, the Oscar-winning actress's fourth child, when she completed procedures with Vietnamese authorities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest urban area with 8 million people.
The adoption will become final once US embassy officials in Hanoi approve the paperwork for the child to travel to the United States, Vietnamese officials said.
The star of the Tomb Raider series has two other adopted children and a biological daughter with partner and Hollywood star Brad Pitt.
A US-based adoptions agency that handled the adoption for Jolie said in a statement on Saturday that she began the process last summer. The length of time for adoptions in Vietnam varies, but the average is about six months.
- REUTERS
