It’s part of a charm offensive aimed at curbing inroads by China in a region Washington considers strategically crucial.
We don’t have to go far to escape to destinations completely unlike our own,that offer unique experiences we can’t get on the other side of the equator.
Get a glimpse of Vanuatu’s Melanesian culture at an Australian-owned resort on the island of Espiritu Santo.
In a bid to counter China’s growing power in the region,the US envisions hiring up to 40 staffers over the next five years for each of its four new embassies.
Seeing Tanna is seeing Vanuatu as it really is,where resorts are rarities and visitors feel like the clock has turned back.
The magnitude 7.7 quake hit at a depth of 37 kilometres in New Caledonia,triggering a tsunami warning.
A tiny Pacific Island nation has pulled off the kind of diplomatic win that can elude global superpowers.
In recent years a number of island nations have moved to push the “neocolonial” legal experts out.
The strong earthquake collapsed the roof of the Australian High Commission in Honiara. Staff are safe and officials trying to confirm the safety of other Australians.
Australia is helping Vanuatu’s government rebuild its entire IT network after a cyberattack hobbled its systems,forcing departments offline and causing havoc throughout the civil service.
Australia is set to back Vanuatu’s Pacific Islands Forum push to send climate change inaction to the International Court of Justice,while Kiribati pulled out of the meeting.