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On 18 September 2026, Nguyen Duc Thuan, a Norwegian citizen, and Tran Hiep (Ho Pham Hiep Huy), an Australian citizen, disappeared while traveling to the Kaoh Andaet area of Cambodia. For ten days, their families heard nothing.

The Australian Vietnamese Refugees National Council (AVRNC) strongly condemns the arrest and detention of MR PHAM HO HIEP HUY (also known as Hiep Tran), an Australian citizen of Vietnamese refugee background, under circumstances which, in the view of the Council, raise serious concerns regarding possible violations of the law, while he was travelling and visiting Cambodia and Thailand.

A 27-year-old man was taken to hospital after being found unconscious following an assault on Hampshire Road in Sunshine, prompting a police investigation and renewed concern about safety along the shopping strip.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake jolted residents awake across Melbourne and parts of regional Victoria early on Saturday, October 3 —with reports of swaying homes, rattling windows and shaking beds.

Australia’s universal free COVID-19 vaccination program has ended —with government-funded vaccines now targeted at people most vulnerable to severe illness.

We thank Victorian Premier Ben Carroll MP in acknowledging VCA-VIC’s newly elected leadership, by inviting President-Elect Thuy Dang, and Vice President-Elect Minh Le —to attend the official roundtable meeting on Monday 28th September.

Viet Tan strongly condemns the abduction of two of its members in Cambodia and the fabricated charges issued by the Vietnamese communist authorities to cover up an act of transnational repression.

The Vietnamese Museum Australia Board and Executive Leadership Team are pleased to invite you to attend the Official Opening of the Vietnamese Museum Australia and Wominjeka Plaza, delivered in partnership with Brimbank City Council.

On September 24, 2026, members of the Vietnamese Canadian community from across Canada gathered in Ottawa to express their concerns regarding human rights, freedom and democracy in Vietnam during the visit of Mr. Tô Lâm, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of Vietnam.

This is a joint media release between all Australian state and territory police forces, Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Department of Home Affairs, New Zealand Police and New Zealand Customs.