Jolie flies to Hanoi for son's visa

ENTERTAINMENT / Movies

(AP)

Updated: 2007-03-20 08:28

Under a big umbrella held by her bodyguard, only his arm is seen on

right, American actress Angelina Jolie holds her newly adopted son Pax

Thien Jolie as she rushes to a VIP room at the Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho

Chi Minh city, southern Vietnam, Monday, March 19, 2007. Jolie and her

children headed to Vietnamese capital Hanoi. (AP Photo/Le Quang Nhat)

HANOI, Vietnam - Angelina Jolie arrived in Hanoi on Monday to complete

the procedures necessary to take her adopted son Pax Thien Jolie to his

new home in the United States. The 31-year-old actress dodged reporters

on her way from the airport after flying from Ho Chi Minh City, where she

adopted the newest member of her family at an orphanage on the outskirts

of the city last week.

Jolie was expected to meet with U.S. Embassy officials Tuesday to apply

for a visa for 3-year-old Pax. Once the visa is issued, she can take him

to the United States. She was expected to leave Hanoi on Wednesday.

Jolie's oldest child, 5-year-old Maddox, who was adopted from Cambodia,

came with her to Vietnam. She also has two daughters: Zahara, 2, who was

adopted from Ethiopia, and 9-month-old, Shiloh, who was born to Jolie and

her partner, Brad Pitt, in May.

Ever since she was young she has wanted to adopt children, Jolie said in

an interview published Friday in a Vietnamese newspaper.

"Everyone would agree that children need to have a family," the paper

quoted the Oscar-winning actress as saying. "I have the ability to help

children fulfill that desire. Why should I say no?"