Dinh Nguyen has lived through pain and loss inconceivable to most of us. But on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon,he says he lives in heaven now.
Peter Arnett and his colleagues had watched the last of the US Marines flee in a helicopter. Then they heard a telltale squeak in the stairs outside their office.
The end of the Vietnam War seared itself into the memories of those who witnessed it.
They endured war,risked death and faced down pirates. And 50 years after they began to arrive in Australia,they have left a profound mark on their new home.
Little did the Vietnam Swans know that they were playing their annual Anzac Day match on the same field where Australian soldiers had played footy decades earlier in the midst of war.
On the 50th anniversary of an Anzac Day like no other,the last Australian air force pilot to leave Vietnam speaks for the first time.
Instead of backing West Papuan nationhood 60 years ago,Australia joined the US in suppressing Vietnam’s. Are national security chickens coming home to roost?
Donald Trump has already hit out at Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam,accusing the two sides of “trying to figure out,‘How do we screw the United States of America?’ ”
Australian fashion brands expect a hit on the $28 billion industry,but some canny business leaders are looking for upside in the turmoil.
Each year hundreds flock to the Anzac service that is held in Wattle Park a week before Anzac Day. This year,it will be two weeks early.