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Carlyle A. Thayer

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

The 50-year Transformation of Australia-Vietnam Relations

When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Vietnam last weekend, he took an important symbolic step in a long history of consolidating bilateral relations. Carlyle A. Thayer reviews a remarkable transformation that in five decades turned Vietnam from enemy to valued friend and partner.

07 Apr 2020