Vietnam has strongly protested against Australia's issuance of a coin with an image of the yellow flag of South Vietnam. Vietnam said the coin defies positive trends in bilateral ties and urged ...

“The Australian government does not recognise the flag of the former Republic of Vietnam.” More than 60,000 Australian soldiers served in the Vietnam War, 523 died and almost 2,400 were wounded.

Vietnam's communist government is demanding Australia cease issuing commemorative coins that, it says, show the flag of the toppled US-backed South Vietnam, a claim Canberra denies.

They were met by around 100 family members, veterans and dignitaries, including Defence Minister Marise Payne and Governor-General Peter Cosgrove, a Vietnam veteran who now represents Australia's ...

Australian Vietnam War veterans and descendants help discover long-buried Vietnamese soldiers. ... For Mr Johnston, his journey to Vietnam was all about retracing his father's tour of duty.

Retired Maj. Gen. Jim Jackson, a committee representative for the flag and unveiling ceremony, said that President Barack Obama kicked off the commemorative period at The Wall on Memorial Day 2012 ...

Australia deployed more than 60,000 military personnel to Vietnam between 1962 and 1973, of whom 521 were killed. The Battle of Long Tan anniversary next week has become Australia's official ...

Hailing from Renmark in South Australia's Riverland, an unparalleled number per capita of 77 young men served during the Vietnam War. A remarkable 72 veterans came from Renmark High School, with ...

Vietnam’s Communist government “resolutely” opposes Australia’s issuance of coin sets depicting the flag of the country’s defeated US-backed southern regime and asks Canberra to halt ...

Australians now mark Vietnam Veterans Day on Aug. 18, the day of the Battle of Long Tan. It was a war that came to be despised by the public in Australia, and the veterans bore the brunt of it.