Third Indochina War

Third Indochina War
Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War
Date 1978 – 1991 Location Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, China Result Removal of the Khmer Rouge from power End of the Cambodian Genocide Pro-Vietnamese government installed in Cambodia China withdraws from Vietnam after 27 days of fighting Communist Party of Thailand abandons armed struggle Vietnam withdraws from Cambodia in 1991 1990 Chengdu summit leads the to normalization of relations between China and Vietnam Restoration of the House of Norodom Ongoing insurgency in Laos
Belligerents
Democratic Kampuchea Khmer Rouge CGDK  China  Thailand	Vietnam LPDR Pathet Lao PRK Thai communists Supported by:  Soviet Union	FULRO Lao Royalists Hmong insurgents Supported by:  United States

The Third Indochina War was a series interconnected conflicts in Indochina after the Vietnam War, lasting from 1978 until 1991.

It consisted of:

• The Cambodian–Vietnamese War
• The Thai-Vietnamese border conflict
• The Sino-Vietnamese War and subsequent border conflicts
• The Insurgency in Laos
• The Communist insurgency in Thailand
• The Thai–Laotian Border War
• The Johnson South Reef Skirmish

See also

• First Indochina War
• Sino-Soviet split
• Vietnam War