'Kick in the guts' as Vietnam abruptly bans Long Tan battle service

By David Wroe and Lindsay Murdoch
Updated August 18 2016 - 10:11pm, first published August 17 2016 - 8:17pm
Veterans Affairs Minister Dan Tehan Photo:  Alex Ellinghausen
Veterans Affairs Minister Dan Tehan Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Australian soldiers at the battle of Long Tan in 1966
Australian soldiers at the battle of Long Tan in 1966

The Turnbull government was on Wednesday night seeking an urgent change of heart by Vietnam after the country delivered a "kick in the guts" by banning Thursday's 50-year Long Tan battle commemoration.

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