Vietnamese-Cambodian relations are bilateral relations between Vietnam and Cambodia . Diplomatic relations between the countries were established in 1954 . The length of the state border between the countries is 1158 km [1] .
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History
Historically, Cambodia and Vietnam were at enmity with each other, but more important were the contradictions that arose between the leadership of North Vietnam and the Khmer Rouge in the early 1970s. At first, the North Vietnamese army took an active part in the Cambodian civil war on the side of the Khmer Rouge, but the deep disagreements between the allies that showed up led North Vietnam to withdraw its troops from the front line in 1972-1973. At the end of December 1978 (according to other sources, a month earlier [2] ) Vietnam (com. Van Thien Dung ) launched a full-scale invasion of Cambodia with the aim of overthrowing the Khmer Rouge regime. On January 7, 1979, Phnom Penh was taken. Power was transferred to the United Front of National Salvation of Kampuchea , led by Heng Samrin . This organization was created in December 1978 and played almost no role in the hostilities, however, for ideological purposes, it was it that was presented as the liberator of the Cambodian people from tyranny by Pol Pot [3] .
In 2005, Vietnam and Cambodia signed an additional agreement to the 1985 treaty on the delimitation of national borders, which Cambodia considered unacceptable. In 2011, the Cambodian government announced that it was accelerating the process of demarcating the border with Vietnam [4] . On June 24, 2012, Nguyen Tan Dung and Hun Sen personally participated in the demarcation of the last section of the common border and reaffirmed their intentions for cooperation and friendship between the two countries [5] .
In July 2014, mass protests were held in Cambodia for the annexation of the Mekong Delta , populated mainly by the Khmer Kroms . Protesters demanded that Vietnam recognize this territory as part of Cambodia and apologize for the occupation. On July 9, 2014, the Embassy of Vietnam issued a statement urging Cambodia to respect the sovereignty of Vietnam and refused to apologize. [6] In response, the protesters burned the Vietnamese flag and currency [7] . Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called on Cambodia to take action against extremists after burning the Vietnamese flag during the visit of National Assembly President Heng Samrin to Vietnam. [8] In October 2014, protesters threatened to burn the embassy of Vietnam. [9]
Economic Relations
Both countries planned to increase bilateral trade by 27% over 5 years: from 2.3 billion US dollars in 2010 and to 6.5 billion US dollars by 2015 [10] [11] .
Notes
- ↑ The World Factbook
- ↑ Kenneth Conboy, Ken Bowra. The NVA and Viet Cong. - Osprey Publishing / Elite, Issue No. 38, 1991. - S. 21.
- ↑ The Soviet version of the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge regime: “ The call of the EFNSK to overthrow the hated clique of Pol Pot - Ieng Sari found the widest response among all layers of the Cambodian population, who saw a way to free themselves from the nightmare of tyranny and medieval barbarism. Of great importance for the successful development of the revolution was the fact that the patriotic forces established contact with fraternal Vietnam and received the support of the progressive forces of the world. At the end of December 1978, the Revolutionary Armed Forces created by the Front launched a general offensive nationwide. January 7, 1979 over the capital of Kampuchea Phnom Penh, the red banner of the EFNSK with five golden towers - a symbol of the ancient Khmer temple of Angkor Wat, soared ”. Mikheev Yu. Ya., Dementiev Yu. P., Kozhevnikov V.A. History of Kampuchea. Short Review - Moscow: Science, 1981
- ↑ Cambodia to cede two villages to Vietnam . The Phnom Penh Post (June 18, 2012). Date of treatment April 12, 2019.
- ↑ Key Viet Nam-Cambodia border marker inaugurated (inaccessible link) . Việt Nam News (June 25, 2012). Date of treatment April 12, 2019. Archived June 25, 2012.
- ↑ វៀតណាម បដិសេធ មិន សុំទោស រឿង បំភ្លៃ ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រ ខ្មែរ កម្ពុជាក្រោម (ahem.) . Radio Free Asia (July 9, 2014). Date of treatment April 12, 2019.
- ↑ Cambodia Defends Flag Burning Protest as 'Freedom of Expression' , Radio Free Asia (August 15, 2014). Date of treatment April 12, 2019.
- ↑ Mech, Dara . Official Rejects Vietnam's Reports of Punishment for Flag Burners , The Cambodia Daily (August 21, 2014). Date of treatment April 12, 2019.
- ↑ Mech, Dara . Nationalists Renege on Threat to Burn Embassy (English) , The Cambodia Daily (October 7, 2014). Date of treatment April 12, 2019.
- ↑ Cambodia, Viet Nam target $ 2.3 billion in bilateral trade by 2010 . Vietnam News (21 January 2008). Date of treatment April 12, 2019. Archived July 4, 2007.
- ↑ Viet Nam-Cambodia trade set to increase 27% . Vietnam Business News (January 18, 2008). Date of treatment April 12, 2019. Archived January 23, 2008.