Last Thursday, 24 January 2008, World Footy News ran a story on “Australia Day Footy” around the World. The story included a plug for the Vietnam Swans participation in the Experience Australia Day event in Hanoi:
This Saturday, 26th January is Australia Day, a day that becomes especially important to the many expatriates living away from their home country. Every year there are many parties held around the world to celebrate the day, which inevitably links in with Australian Rules football clubs who celebrate the day with a game or use the occasion as a fund raiser. Other celebrations hold games purely as part of the fun of the day and may provide non Australians at the festivities with their first live taste of the game.
To read the rest of the article, click on the World Footy News link. To read about the day in the Vietnam News and this year being the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Australia and Vietnam, click on its article, “Countries hail 35 friendly years“.
