Jolie-Pitt Love

As she waited for officials to give her new son a U.S. passport so the two of them can travel to America, Angelina Jolie kept a low profile on Saturday in Vietnam, where photographers saw her arrive by car to her hotel in the center of Ho Chi Minh City.

Jolie's keeping out of public view comes a day after the Ho Chi Minh City Law newspaper quoted the working actress as saying she would now be a stay-at-home mom, focusing on her growing family, now that she has added 3-year-old Pax Thien Jolie from Vietnam to her brood.

Jolie also apologized for exposing her new son to the media frenzy that greeted them in his native country. The paparazzi have been hot on the actress's trail since Wednesday, when she arrived in Vietnam to collect the child. She was also followed from the orphanage to the Ministry of Justice for an adoption ceremony on Thursday.

Pax, whose given name before he was adopted was Pham Quang, is the fourth child for the California-based, 31-year-old actress and Brad Pitt. (Their brood includes Maddox, 5, who was adopted from Cambodia; Zahara, 2, who was adopted from Ethiopia; and 10-month-old Shiloh, who was born to the couple last May.)

The U.S.-based Adoptions From The Heart agency, which handled Pax's adoption, said in a statement that Jolie was given no preferential treatment when it came to the adoption, which the organization says was begun last summer in Vietnam.

"Contrary to earlier reports, her application was not fast-tracked," according to the statement from the suburban-Philadelphia-based agency.

While some in Vietnam who work in international adoptions suggested that Jolie made a donation to the Tam Binh orphanage – where Pax has lived since infancy – Adoptions From The Heart coordinator Heidi Gonzalez said that the actress "has neither made, nor promised to make any financial contributions" to the facility.

"As we do with all of our clients, Adoptions From The Heart celebrates the miracle of adoption, and wishes the Jolie-Pitt family much joy," added Gonzalez.

Angelina Jolie has apologized for exposing her new son, Pax Thien Jolie, to the media frenzy that greeted them in Vietnam – and has vowed to focus on her growing family and be a stay-at-home mom, according to a Vietnamese newspaper.

"I will stay at home to help Pax adjust to his new life," Jolie told Friday's Ho Chi Minh City Law newspaper, according to a translation on the Associated Press. "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."

Jolie and her new son went through an emotional introduction at Thursday's formal welcoming ceremony, during which the 3-year-old Vietnamese boy started crying when his new mom knelt down to talk to him.

As for all the attention brought to her new son, Jolie tells the newspaper: "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."

Since arriving in Vietnam on Wednesday, Jolie, 31, and her son, Maddox, 5, have been followed by a horde of photographers and reporters.

But in answering those who have questioned the adoption, Jolie says, "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?"

On Friday Adoptions From The Heart, the U.S.-based agency that helped Jolie with this adoption, released a statement saying that the actress had not received any special treatment.

"Throughout Ms. Jolie's adoption process, she received no preferential treatment from the Vietnamese government or Adoptions From The Heart, and, contrary to earlier reports, her application was not fast-tracked," said the program's adoption coordinator, Heidi Gonzalez.

Added Gonzalez: "As we do with all of our clients, Adoptions From The Heart celebrates the miracle of adoption, and wishes the Jolie-Pitt family much joy.

Pax, whose given name before he was adopted was Pham Quang, is the fourth child for the actress and her partner, Brad Pitt. Their brood includes Maddox, who was adopted from Cambodia, Zahara, 2, who was adopted from Ethiopia, and 10-month-old Shiloh, who was born to the couple last year.

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