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50 YEARS OF VIETNAMESE SETTLEMENT DOWN UNDER: A BETTER AUSTRALIA AND ASPIRATIONAL DEMOCRATIC VIETNAM – SYDNEY NGUYEN

2026-05-28T10:38:37+10:0023 July 2025|Categories: Paper, Sydney Paper Archive, Uncategorized|Tags: , |

On 30 April 1975, the democratic government of South Vietnam collapsed as the North Vietnamese army captured Saigon. Under North Vietnamese control, thousands of South Vietnamese citizens were arrested and put in re-education camps leading to a mass exodus of refugees. With the election of the Liberal/National government of Malcolm Fraser in December 1975,  Australia agreed [...]

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