Vietnamese medics rotate to South Sudan thanks to RAAF
Lieutenant Do Thi Dieu Huyen wanted to show the world a heroic face. CAPTION: People’s Army of Vietnam UN peacekeepers prepare
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Vietnam
Visit to Vietnam builds on 50 years of partnership
After a busy three months, Indo-Pacific Endeavour’s Vietnamese leg has wrapped up, coinciding with 50 years of diplomatic relations between
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Angel drives Toowoomba around the bends in Vietnam
Bringing a ship into Ho Chi Minh City port is no easy feat, but HMAS Toowoomba’s navigating officer Lieutenant Loren
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A true hero of Vietnam War farewelled
The man whose company held back a reinforced North Vietnamese regiment at Long Tan, before fighting for his soldiers to
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RAAF flies Vietnamese peacekeepers to South Sudan
A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster has transported more than 60 Vietnamese military personnel deploying to the United Nations
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Connection to heritage
For Royal Australian Navy maritime human resources officer (MHRO), Lieutenant Vicky Nguyen, representing the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in Vietnam
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Skills sharpened in Vietnam
After pandemic-related travel restrictions put plans on hold, the Australian Army and Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) again joined forces at
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RAAF C-17 takes another Vietnamese peacekeeping rotation to Africa
A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster will transport Vietnam People’s Army personnel, equipment and medical supplies to and from
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Planning to commemorate end of Vietnam War
Planning is underway for a range of significant events around the country next year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of
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Help wanted finding missing soldiers in Vietnam
UNSW Canberra research project Operation Wandering Souls is calling on Australian and New Zealand Vietnam War Veterans to hand in
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CHAPTER 25: Goodbye Townsville
Lots of things happened in our last week at Townsville. The girls from the Hong Kong Restaurant wore their uniforms,
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Chapter 3: Ninety-Day Wonders
Those first few days at Kapooka are a bit of a blur now. I was in 22 Platoon, we were
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Chapter 1: One small step for a boy and one giant leap to manhood
On a cold windswept train station in Cootamundra one winter’s morning in July 1969, I waited. I was beginning a
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Battle of Long Tan 50th Anniversary events announced
Australia’s Vietnam War veterans will be honoured with a series of commemorative events this year to mark the 50th anniversary
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Funding to honour Australia’s Vietnam veterans
More than $388,000 has been awarded to communities across Australia to honour Vietnam veterans under the Australian Government’s Vietnam War Commemorative
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Long Tan honours appeal
The issue of recognition for Australian soldiers who fought in the Battle of Long Tan, Vietnam, is to be reviewed again
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