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Third Indochina War. Part of the Indochina Wars, the Cold War, and the Sino-Soviet split. Date. 1 May 1975 – 23 October 1991. (16 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) Location. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, China. Result. Vietnamese victory.
Third Indochina War. Part of the Indochina Wars, the Cold War, and the Sino-Soviet split. Date. 1 May 1975 – 23 October 1991. (16 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) Location. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, China. Result. Vietnamese victory.
- Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, China
Part of the Third Indochina War and the Cold War: Chinese PLA officer Ma Quanbin reports to his command after a battle against Vietnamese forces on 14 October 1986.
Date: 1946 - April 1975. Location: Cambodia. Laos. Vietnam. Participants: France. United States. Vietnam. Major Events: First Indochina War. Vietnam War. Indochina wars, 20th-century conflicts in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, with the principal involvement of France (1946–54) and later the United States (beginning in the 1950s).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Third Indochina War, also referred to as the Cambodia conflict, began on 25 December 1978, when between 150,000 and 220,000 Vietnamese troops invaded and occupied neighbouring Cambodia. 2 Rooted in Sino-Soviet rivalry, the conflict was intrinsically a product of the Cold War regional environment.
His PhD dissertation at Cornell University argues that the Third Indochina War was the key formative event of the present-day regional order in Southeast Asia, most notably by elevating the principle of non-interference above the protection of human rights.
