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The Sino-Vietnamese War (also known by other names) was a brief conflict that occurred in early 1979 between China and Vietnam. China launched an offensive ostensibly in response to Vietnam's invasion and occupation of Cambodia in 1978, which ended the rule of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge. The conflict lasted for about a month, with China ...
The Sino-Vietnamese conflicts of 1979–1991 were a series of border and naval clashes between the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam following the Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979. These clashes lasted from the end of the Sino-Vietnamese War until the normalization of ties in 1991. When the Chinese People's Liberation ...
1,420 casualties (12 July) [4] The Battle of Laoshan (Chinese: 老山戰役), known in Vietnam as the Battle of Vị Xuyên (Vietnamese: Mặt trận Vị Xuyên) was fought in 1984 between China and Vietnam as part of Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991). It is considered the largest scale engagement involving both countries since the 1979 ...
Đại Việt's troops withdrew from Lan Xang and Lanna. Laotian, Thai and Chinese sources claim coalitional victory while Vietnamese sources claim victory. Third throne crisis of Later Lê dynasty (1509) Lê Uy Mục 's royal court. Lê Oanh 's rebel forces. Throne change. Lê Oanh (Lê Tương Dực) became the Emperor.
South Vietnam. The Battle of the Paracel Islands (Chinese: 西沙海战, Pinyin: Xisha Haizhan；Vietnamese: Hải chiến Hoàng Sa) was an engagement between the Chinese and South Vietnamese navies near the Paracel Islands on January 19, 1974. The battle was part of an attempt by the South Vietnamese navy to remove the Chinese navy from the ...
Indochina Wars. During the Cold War, the Indochina Wars (Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Đông Dương) were a series of wars which were waged in Indochina from 1946 to 1991, by communist forces (mainly ones led by Vietnamese communists) against the opponents (mainly the Vietnamese nationalists, Trotskyists, the State of Vietnam, the Republic of ...
Belgium. South Africa. Netherlands. Luxembourg. Ceasefire. North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled. UN invasion of North Korea repelled. Chinese-North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled. DMZ established, little territorial change at the 38th parallel border, essentially uti possidetis.
Both China and Vietnam claimed victory in the war; as Vietnamese troops remained in Cambodia until 1989, it can be said that China was unsuccessful in their goal of dissuading Vietnam from involvement in Cambodia. [5] [6] Sino-Vietnamese border conflicts 1979–1990. After China withdrew from Vietnam in 1979, border conflicts continued to occur.