Among the leading ancestries, the proportion of people who spoke a language other than English at home was highest for those of Vietnamese (96%).

[8] In Melbourne the suburbs of Richmond, Footscray, Springvale, Sunshine and St Albans have a significant proportion of Vietnamese Australians, while in Sydney they are concentrated in Cabramatta, Cabramatta West, Canley Vale, Canley Heights, Bankstown, St Johns Park and Fairfield.

[1] During October 2003, government owned SBS TV began airing a Vietnamese news program called Thoi Su ('News').

This was received poorly by the significant portion of the older generations of the Vietnamese community had previously fled after the fall of South Vietnam and still harboured resentment to the ruling government and its institutions, including the state-controlled media, such as Thoi Su.

The program was also claimed to lack reports that include political arrests or religious oppression in Vietnam.

SBS subsequently began broadcasting disclaimers before each foreign news program stating it does not endorse their contents.