Comprehensive upgrade puts Australia in Vietnam’s top tier
Diplomatic relations have come a long way from when we opened our first embassy in Hanoi – a bedraggled couple of hotel rooms with lino floors in the war-ravaged city.
However, the partnership to be signed on Thursday between Anthony Albanese and Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Minh Chinh is more than an announcement wrought by officials to garner a headline or two for their principals.
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John McCarthy is a former ambassador to Vietnam, the United States, Indonesia and Japan, a high commissioner to India, and a senior adviser to Asialink.
