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During the Vietnam War the border was crossed by Viet Cong supply lines, most notably the Ho Chi Minh Trail, causing it to be heavily bombed by American forces. [3] Following the victory of the Communists in 1975 in both Vietnam and Laos, a border treaty was signed in 1976 based on the colonial-era border line. [3]
Regions of Vietnam Topographic map of Vietnam. Vietnam is located on the eastern margin of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,211.6 square kilometres (127,881.5 sq mi), of which about 25% was under cultivation in 1987. It borders the Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Thailand, and Pacific Ocean, along with China, Laos, and Cambodia.
The China–Vietnam border is the international boundary between China and Vietnam, consisting of a 1,297 km (806 mi) terrestrial border stretching from the tripoint with Laos in the west to the Gulf of Tonkin coast in the east, and a maritime border in the Gulf of Tonkin and South China Sea.
Although the Mekong was established as a border by French colonial forces, travel from one side to the other has been significantly limited only since the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR, or Laos) in 1975. [1] The eastern border with Vietnam extends for 2,130 kilometres, mostly along the crest of the Annamite Chain ...
1969 map of the Demilitarized Zone. The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel in Quang Tri province that was the dividing line between North Vietnam and South Vietnam from 21 July 1954 to 2 July 1976, when Vietnam was officially divided into 2 de facto countries, which was 2 de jure military gathering areas supposed to be sustained in the short term after ...
Laos–Vietnam border crossings (2 P) Pages in category "Laos–Vietnam border" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
An international border crossing between Vietnam and Laos is located in Lao Bảo and called the Lao Bao International Border Gate. The checkpoint on the Lao side is called the Dansavan International Border Gate, located in Dansavan village, Savannakhet Province, Laos. Besides conventional Vietnamese visas, the Lao Bao International Border Gate ...
Laos was a site of the Ho Chi Minh trail used by North Vietnam. [3] Laos was also bombed by South Vietnamese and American forces due to North Vietnamese occupation of eastern Laos. [4] Laos contains Vietnamese soldiers stationed there since Vietnam and Laos signed a treaty to create a united sphere and to support repair after the Laotian Civil ...