Cambodian–Vietnamese Warの英語

The Cambodian–Vietnamese War, also known as the Third Indochina War, began on December 25, 1978 when Vietnam invaded Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia). The People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) achieved a rapid victory in two weeks, seizing the capital city, Phnom Penh, on January 7, 1979. A portion of the ousted Khmer Rouge regime, however, would survive to stage a counterinsurgency campaign against the Vietnamese sponsored state, the People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK), compelling Vietnam to maintain troops in the country for the next decade. Although Vietnam received financial backing from the Soviet Union and Comecon (the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance) throughout its intervention, it faced diplomatic and economic isolation from the majority of the international community. Until 1988 the United Nations passed resolutions condemning the Vietnamese presence in Cambodia and calling for its withdrawal. China, and to a lesser degree the United States, provided vital economic and military assistance to the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK), the organization comprising of the remnants of the Khmer Rouge and two other noncommunist insurgent groups. In 1989, the last Vietnamese troops left Cambodia, ushering in a long peace process that concluded with the October 23, 1991 Paris conference, which approved the United Nations supervision of a cease-fire, the demobilization and disarmament of militias, the repatriation of Cambodian refugees in Thailand, and free and fair elections.