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October 13, 2009
It’s been some time since we have heard publicly from, father-to-be, Willy in Hanoi. But that’s because he’s been flat chat on the Auskick front! Willy reports that the Auskick program at the Hanoi International School has been “unbelievable to […]
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October 10, 2009
A Vietnam Swans hat has been seen outside the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, in the United States. According to its website, The Naval Academy was founded in 1845 by the Secretary of the Navy, George Bancroft, in what is […]
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October 5, 2009
In the last week, natural disasters in Indonesia, Samoa, the Philippines and central Vietnam have been devastating. What is not so widely known is that every day, Vietnam’s children suffer a tragedy. On average, 40 children per day drown in […]
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October 5, 2009
Yesterday, Nick Shiells and Phil Johns met up with Andrew. Andrew is from Brunswick in Melbourne and is here in Vietnam on holidays. Andrew loves the footy and when he found out about the Vietnam Swans, he decided he needed […]
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October 4, 2009
Now that Bruce McAvaney is aware of the existence of the Vietnam Swans (see Bruce McAvaney meets Angry Dave), it’s important that the Swannies brush up a little on our statistics. So let’s start on a high and talk about […]
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October 2, 2009
Last Friday, 25 September 2009, Tim Harcourt from Austrade had the following article, “Australia kicks on globally”, published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald about the role of footy overseas. The article also makes reference to the Vietnam Swans. […]
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October 1, 2009
Last night, a number of the Vietnam Swans were invited to a cocktail reception hosted by the HMAS DARWIN. Swannies who attended included National President, Phil Johns; Saigon President, Derrin Limbrick; National Treasurer, Danny Armstrong; and Committee Members, Nick Shiells, […]
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September 30, 2009
You can see a lot of unusual things in Vietnam that are, in fact, fairly normal. Thongs on construction sites are the safety footwear of choice. Cows on the back of motorcycles are not unheard of. Workers doing maintenance work […]
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September 29, 2009
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September 29, 2009
Today, at 5pm out at RMIT University in District 7, HCMC, the Vietnam Swans will play a match against the crew from the Australian warship, HMAS DARWIN. The Australian Consul General, Graeme Swift, will present the trophy to the winning […]
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September 28, 2009
Just two days after the Vietnam Swans 2009 AFL Grand Final Parties up and down the country, we’re up to our eyeballs in footy again! This time it’s a new mission. While other teams typically fly into Vietnam to play […]
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September 27, 2009
Click here for photos of the Grand Final Party in Saigon. Yesterday, Geelong was triumphant over a gallant St Kilda in a classic Grand Final contest at Melbourne’s MCG. In Saigon, more than 200 attended the Official Vietnam Swans 2009 […]
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September 25, 2009
It’s on from 9am tomorrow morning!! The Official Vietnam Swans 2009 AFL Grand Final Parties in Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An and HCMC! In Hanoi and HCMC, the gates open at 9am. Given the telecast starts at 10.30am, the Swannies will […]
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September 25, 2009
Tomorrow, it’s on… The Official Vietnam Swans 2009 AFL Grand Final Parties in Hanoi and Saigon. On the left, we have the tried and trusted venue of JASPAS in Hanoi on Level 4, Hanoi Towers, 49 Hai Ba Trung Street. […]
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September 22, 2009
On 23 September 2005, Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper ran a story about the then Hanoi Swans in the lead up to the cracking Sydney Swans Vs West Coast Grand Final. The article records a great piece of history for the […]
