Cambodian–Vietnamese War

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interstate conflict war

The Cambodian–Vietnamese War was a late-1970s conflict in which Vietnam invaded Cambodia, overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime, and installed a new government, leading to prolonged regional instability and international tensions during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Cambodian–Vietnamese War canonical	13
Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia	3
Cambodian–Vietnamese conflict	2
Third Indochina War	2
Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia	2
Cambodian–Vietnamese War (border incidents)	1
Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978	1
Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in December 1978	1
Vietnamese–Cambodian War	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	interstate conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
aftermath	demobilization of Cambodian factions ⓘ deployment of United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia ⓘ restoration of the Kingdom of Cambodia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ surface form: Third Indochina War
belligerent	Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ FUNCINPEC resistance forces ⓘ Kampuchean Revolutionary Army ⓘ Khmer People's National Liberation Front ⓘ Khmer Rouge ⓘ People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
cause	Khmer Rouge attacks on Vietnamese villages ⓘ border clashes between Cambodia and Vietnam ⓘ ideological conflict between Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese communists ⓘ regional power rivalry between China and Vietnam ⓘ
conflictType	invasion ⓘ proxy war ⓘ
endDate	1991 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1980s ⓘ late 1970s ⓘ
keyEvent	Paris Peace Agreements of 1991 ⓘ Cambodian–Vietnamese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in December 1978 capture of Phnom Penh by Vietnamese forces in January 1979 ⓘ continued guerrilla warfare along the Thai–Cambodian border ⓘ proclamation of the People's Republic of Kampuchea in January 1979 ⓘ
location	Cambodia ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
opposedBy	Association of Southeast Asian Nations ⓘ surface form: ASEAN China ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Western countries at the United Nations ⓘ
partOf	Cold War ⓘ
peakPhase	1978–1979 ⓘ
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ
result	Sino-Vietnamese War ⓘ surface form: Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979 United Nations peace process in Cambodia ⓘ Cambodian–Vietnamese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia establishment of the People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ increased Sino-Vietnamese tensions ⓘ international isolation of Vietnam ⓘ overthrow of the Khmer Rouge regime ⓘ prolonged Cambodian civil conflict ⓘ refugee crisis in Southeast Asia ⓘ
startDate	1977 ⓘ
supporter	Association of Southeast Asian Nations ⓘ surface form: ASEAN states China ⓘ Eastern Bloc ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Thailand ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vietnam War → followedBy → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

Cambodian–Vietnamese War → result → Cambodian–Vietnamese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia

Cambodian–Vietnamese War → keyEvent → Cambodian–Vietnamese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in December 1978

Cambodian–Vietnamese War → alsoKnownAs → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Indochina War

Cambodian Civil War → followedBy → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

Sino-Vietnamese War → cause → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia in 1978

Khmer Rouge → overthrownBy → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia

Khmer Rouge → conflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

Royal Thai Air Force → conflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cambodian–Vietnamese War (border incidents)

People's Army of Vietnam → engagedIn → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea → opposedTo → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia

Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea → partOf → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cambodian–Vietnamese conflict

Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → conflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

FUNCINPEC resistance forces → conflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

United Nations peace process in Cambodia → conflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

Paris Peace Agreements of 1991 → relatedToConflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

Indochina conflicts → hasMainPart → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese–Cambodian War

Vietnam People’s Air Force → conflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

Le Kha Phieu → participantIn → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

Khmer People's National Liberation Front → conflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cambodian–Vietnamese conflict

Khmer People's National Liberation Front → conflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Indochina War

Cambodia: Year One → aboutEvent → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia

General Le Trong Tan → conflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

subject surface form: Le Trong Tan

Vietnamese forces → participatedIn → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

People's Republic of Kampuchea → cameToPowerAfter → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia

People's Republic of Kampuchea → conflict → Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ