The Australian Embassy to the Republic of Vietnam was evacuated in the days before the Fall of Saigon.[5][6]
On 26 February 1973, Australia established diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and opened its Embassy in Hanoi on 28 July 1973. David Wilson was appointed the first Ambassador on 7 November 1973.[3] On 22 August 1975, with the collapse of the government of the Republic of Vietnam on 30 April 1975, Australia established diplomatic relations with the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, with ambassador Wilson in Hanoi holding non-resident accreditation to the provisional government from 8 August 1975. On 22 January 1976 Wilson presented his credentials in Saigon.[3] On 2 July 1976, it was announced that North and South Vietnam had merged to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, with Hanoi as the capital, and the Australian Embassy continued its representation there.[4] A Consulate-General opened in Ho Chi Minh City in November 1994.[7]
^"Ambassador to Vietnam appointed". The Canberra Times. 2 July 1959. p. 2. The Government has raised the Australian Legation in Vietnam to the status of an Embassy and has appointed Mr. W. D. Forsyth as Australia's first Ambassador in Saigon.
^Edwards, Peter (1 May 2006), The fall of Saigon, 1975, Australian Government, archived from the original on 12 February 2014, By early 1975, Australia had opened a diplomatic mission in North Vietnam as well as the embassy in South Vietnam. In March, Graeme Lewis, the chargé d'affaires in Hanoi, flew to Vientiane to meet David Wilson, who was about to become the first ambassador in Hanoi.
^Edwards, Peter (1 May 2006), "The fall of Saigon, 1975", Speech delivered at the National Archives of Australia, Australian Government, archived from the original on 27 February 2002 {{citation}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 27 February 2012 suggested (help)
^Edwards, Peter (1 May 2006), The fall of Saigon, 1975, Australian Government, archived from the original on 12 February 2014, By early 1975, Australia had opened a diplomatic mission in North Vietnam as well as the embassy in South Vietnam. In March, Graeme Lewis, the chargé d'affaires in Hanoi, flew to Vientiane to meet David Wilson, who was about to become the first ambassador in Hanoi.