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Sino-Vietnamese War
Part of The Cold War, Third Indochina War, Aftermath of the Vietnam War and the Indochina Wars

Chinese forces advance through Rice Fields near Hai Phong
Date17 February-1 March 1979
Location
Northern Vietnam
Result

PRC victory

  • Chinese forces enter Hanoi, Vietnam sues for surrender
  • Pro-Chinese Coup de'etat in Vietnam and Lao
  • Vietnam shifts to the Chinese sphere of influence
  • Vietnamese retreat from Kampuchea
  • Formation of the Asia-Pacific League of Nations (APLN)
  • Vietnamese insurgency
Belligerents

 China

FULRO

 Vietnamese Communist Party-Marxist Leninist

Supported by:

 Democratic Kampuchea

 Socialist Republic of Romania

 Biafra

 North Korea

 Vietnam

  • Vietnamese Communist Party


Supported by:

 Soviet Union

 Czechoslovakia

 South Korea (diplomatic only)
Commanders and leaders
  • Dam Quan Trung
  • Lê Duẩn
    (General Secretary)
  • Võ Nguyên Giáp
    (Defence Minister)
  • Tôn Đức Thắng
    (President)
  • Văn Tiến Dũng
    (Commander in Chief)
  • Đàm Quang Trung
    (Commander of the First Military Region)
  • Vũ Lập
    (Commander of the Second Military Region)