At first it was with simple things like the name of their girlfriend or their favourite music band but as the war progressed, slogans, symbols and doodles started to appear on the troop’s helmets; ...

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email.. The first hotel I ever fell in love with was the Metropole, an old-world gem in Vietnam’s ...

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.

In January last year, Vietnam's national television station aired a football match between Vietnam and Australia with a 10-minute delay as some Australian fans brought yellow-striped flags to the ...