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The Vietnam War was a major event that shaped the course of the world in the second half of the 20th century. Although it was a regional conflict that occurred on the Indochinese Peninsula, it also affected the strategic interests of the People's Republic of China, the United States and the Soviet Union as well as the relations between these great powers.
There was an adjustment of the land border, resulting in Vietnam giving China part of its land which was lost during the battle, including the Ai Nam Quan Gate which served as the traditional border marker and entry point between Vietnam and China, which caused widespread frustration within Vietnamese communities. [97]
An international conference on Korea and Indo-China opens in Geneva. 7 May: Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat. 21 July: The Geneva Conference sends French forces to the south, and Vietnamese forces to the north, of a ceasefire line, and calls for elections to decide the government for all of Vietnam by July 1956.
The Sino-Vietnamese War was a brief border war between China and Vietnam in early 1979. Sino-Vietnamese War may also refer to: Qin campaign against the Yue tribes (221–214 BC) Han conquest of Nanyue (111 BC) Trung sisters' rebellion (40–43 AD) Lady Triệu Rebellion (248) Lý Nam Đế Rebellion (543) Sui–Former Lý War (602)
Vietnam China: Stalemate. Both sides claimed victory. Chinese withdrawal from northern Vietnam. Lê Duẩn: Sino-Vietnamese border conflicts (1979 – 1991) Vietnam China: Stalemate. China occupied some Vietnamese areas briefly and retreated. Normalization of bilateral relations. Lê Duẩn (until July 1986) Trường Chinh (July–December 1986)
Despite swift Vietnamese withdrawal from Thai territory, the Vietnamese incursion made China feel that it had to act to support its allies, Thailand and the Khmer Rouge. From 28 June to 6 July, in addition to outspoken criticism of Vietnam in diplomatic announcements, the Chinese continuously shelled the Vietnamese Cao Bằng Province . [ 15 ]
: Amid rumours of a possible American invasion, Japanese overthrow the Vichy French Jean Decoux Government which had been operating independently as the colonial government of Vietnam: they proclaim an "independent" Empire of Vietnam, with Emperor Bảo Đại as nominal ruler. Premier Trần Trọng Kim forms the first Vietnamese government.
All of Vietnam was under the French colonial regime from 1885 until the Japanese coup d'état of March 1945. In 1887, the French created the Indochinese Union including the three separately-ruled territories of Tonkin, Annam, and Cochinchina, which were parts of Vietnam, and the newly acquired Cambodia; Laos was created at a later time. [4]