Australian Embassy

Vietnam

Embassy address: 8 Dao Tan Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi - Telephone: 831 7755 - Fax: 831 7711

Defence Cooperation Program

The relationship is largely supported through reciprocal training under the Defence Cooperation Program (DCP) between Vietnam and Australia. This program sees service personnel training in both countries. This takes the form of long-term professional development courses and short courses for Vietnamese personnel at Defence institutions in Australia, Mobile Training Team visits to Hanoi and Laos and individual training in Australia.

Defence relations between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) and Australia were formalised in February 1999, when an Australian Defence Attache was posted to Hanoi

Prior to this, there had been minimal Defence interaction, comprising visits by Joint Services Staff College ('96, '98) and preliminary discussions on cooperative Anti-Malarial Research.
A Colonel of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) became the first Vietnamese military officer trained in Australia under the Defence Program when he commenced Australian Defence College in January 1999.
Government policy has consistently been that bilateral Defence relations will proceed "at a pace comfortable to both sides"

After just six years, the bilateral Defence relationship has matured in a positive way as desired by both sides. There are signs of a willingness to increase engagement considerably particularly as the levels of mutual understanding, trust and openess increase.

Person-to-person contacts are emphasised, with over 900 Australian Defence visitors to Vietnam and more than 80 senior Vietnamese Defence visitors and over 150 Vietnamese Defence students studying in Australia since February 1999

Disclaimer Privacy An Australian Government website Copyright Commonwealth of Australia