News Archive
  •  November 18, 2007

    The Thailand Tigers disposed of both Vietnam and international debutants, Lao, in convincing style to win the Tri Nations Tournament in Hanoi yesterday. However, the Mighty Swannies did win our match against which was our second ever victory. More details to […]

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  •  November 16, 2007

    You may recall that back on 28 May 2007, the Blog ran a high powered story on “Are the Lao Elephants coming soon?”. It had a quote from self appointed Elephants President, Marty Sharples saying that a few of the […]

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  •  November 15, 2007

    As previously mentioned, this weekend, a number of the players from the Vietnam Swans, Thailand Tigers and Lao Elephants will be sporting new look moustaches. It’s all in the name of “Movember” to raise awareness for men’s health issues back […]

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  •  November 14, 2007

    Tonight, the Vietnam Swans have an exclusive well worth telling your friends about. We can reveal the Lao Elephants’ new footy jumper which will be officially unveiled this weekend at the Vietnam Vs Thailand Vs Lao Tri Nations Tournament. You may […]

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  •  November 13, 2007

    Fancy a souvenir T shirt from this historic and amazing weekend coming up? I’m not surprised. The netballers have come up with the design to the left to commemorate the weekend. 100 t shirts have been made and will be […]

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  •  November 9, 2007

    This morning, the Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr Bill Tweddell, did the Official Draw for the triple header on Saturday 17 November at the UN International School in Hanoi. The Official Draw is: 12.30pm – 1.20pm: Vietnam Swans V Laos Elephants 1.40pm – 2.30pm: […]

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  •  November 6, 2007

    The Vietnam Swans have taken recruitment to a new and unprecedented level. In a bid to boost numbers, we’ve started recruiting travellers before they’ve even arrived in Vietnam! Together with Wide Eyed Tours, an exciting travel company in Vietnam, we’re advertising […]

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  •  November 2, 2007

    Anyone feel like growin’ a mo in the month of Movember? Two Swans have contacted the hierarchy about Movember – Saigon’s Clint Muzza and Quang Nghi’s Sam the Man of “Red Footy Boots with a Yellow Star” fame at the […]

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  •  October 31, 2007

    Boonie has been just one of the people who have helped make the ‘tache famous. And, kicking off tomorrow, is the month of Movember and it might just be that you start seeing some of your favourite Swans players sporting […]

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  •  October 26, 2007

    Footy matches – 17 November, Hanoi: Vietnam Vs Thailand Vs Laos Friday 16 November – JASPAS for welcome drinks from 7pm Saturday 17 November Netball girls need to be at UNIS at 10.30 am for an 11am start. Games conclude […]

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  •  October 18, 2007

    Yesterday, Kevan Dacey who had been the Acting Austrade Commissioner (Saigon) for the previous 6 months, departed Vietnam for Australia for the last time in that position. Kev first met the Swans when we participated in Austrade’s Australian Schools Open Day back in May. […]

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  •  October 14, 2007

    The Age, 13 October 2007 “WHEN Qantas flight 191 lands in Beijing on Monday night it will mark the start of a new phase in the Australia-China business relationship. On board are 1000 footballs, hundreds of pieces of football gear, […]

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  •  October 11, 2007

    When the footy, supplied and signed by the Sydney Swans, landed in Vietnam, Ms Trang posed with the bundle of joy in front of HCMC’s statue of Tran Hung Dao. Tran Hung Dao is revered as a National Hero in Vietnam after repelling 3 major Mongol […]

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  •  October 10, 2007

    The ABC Radio in Adelaide was doing some research 2 days before the Grand Final and stumbled across the Swans website. They emailed us and said they wanted to do an interview on Grand Final Eve. The Swans gave the ABC […]

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  •  October 7, 2007

    Those Red & White Angels, the Swanettes (also known as the Jim Beam Party Crew), made a welcome return to JASPAS in Hanoi last week for the Grand Final. Jim Beam, a Gold Sponsor for the day gave us 37 […]

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