The 50th anniversary of Australia’s withdrawal from Vietnam has been used by sections of the political and media establishment to try and rehabilitate that imperialist war, predatory in its aims and ...

After winning office in December 1972, former Australian Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam established diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) in February 1973. While ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia announced Monday that it will repatriate the remains of up to 25 Australian soldiers killed about 50 years ago during the Vietnam War. Australia has only ...

As part of a working visit to Australia, a delegation from the National Steering Committee for the Search, Collection, and Verification of Martyrs’ Remains (known as National Steering Committee 515), ...

Late last week, Vietnam’s government issued a complaint about the release of an Australian commemorative coin that shows the flag of the now-defunct government of South Vietnam. The incident was ...

As the Vietnam War neared its end in 1975, thousands of children were evacuated. Some arrived in Australia through Operation ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - The remains of an Australian soldier killed during the Vietnam War were returned home to a ceremonial welcome on Wednesday, 36 years after his helicopter was shot down by enemy ...

The son of Errol Flynn was a noted combat photographer, and his thirst was for real adventure, rather than the Hollywood variety. In the weeks just before an Old Hacks' reunion of Vietnam war ...

In 1979, Mylinh Lee arrived in Australia as a child, by boat and as a refugee. More than four decades later she is a public relations specialist in Melbourne where she is also dedicated to the ...

Hotels hold secrets, and some of them are a little stranger than others. By Damien Cave The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. The first ...

A new walking trail to honour the those who fought in the Vietnam War has opened on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. Developed by local residents, the walk details every Australian unit involved in ...

Ruth Clare’s first novel, Enemy, is a rewarding and revealing exploration of the effects of war on family life. But this caveat in no way means that the book — the author’s first — is not an ...