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on 7 January 1979. Discussions on the border thereafter reconvened in 1983, with both sides in 1985 pledging to recognise the border as it was at independence. Discussions continued into the early 1990s. A treaty was signed in 2005, followed by on-the-ground demarcation, which was completed in 2012.
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from northern Vietnam southwards during the 10th - 18th centuries, eventually bringing them into contact with the Khmer kingdom. Relations were often tense, with Vietnam frequently invading Cambodian lands; in 1857 a joint Siamese-Vietnamese protectorate was established over Cambodia. From the 1860s
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then being delimited. Various small adjustments were made to the alignment after this in the years 1914, 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1936. In 1939
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The border starts in the north at the tripoint with Laos and then proceeds overland to the south, occasionally utilising rivers such as the
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on 2 July 1976. With relations deteriorating numerous skirmishes occurred along the border, with Vietnam eventually
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province transferred from Laos to Cambodia, with the rest of the Cambodia-Vietnam boundary as far north as the
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In 1954 both Cambodia and Vietnam gained full independence, however the latter was split into a Communist
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was created in 1887, also including Laos. A partial boundary between Cambodia and
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it continues southwestwards, terminating at the Gulf of Thailand just west of
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island belongs to Vietnam despite it being closer to the Cambodia shore.
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fell to North Vietnam was repulsed on 30 April 1975 and has renamed
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began establishing a presence in the region, initially in modern
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came to an end. A brief Khmer invasion occurring the day after
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supply lines, most notably the southern stretch of the
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Khmer-Viet relations and the third Indochina conflict
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is the international border between the territory of
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Index


Cambodia
Vietnam
tripoint
Laos
Gulf of Thailand
Tonlé San
Parrot's Beak
Vàm Cỏ Đông
Saigon
Mekong delta
Hà Tiên
Phú Quốc

migrated
France
Cambodia
Vietnam
French Indochina
Cochinchina
Đắk Lắk
Annam
Stung Treng
Srepok River
Jules Brévié
Governor-General of French Indochina
North
South
Vietnam War
Viet Cong

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