Invasion of Vietnam of Cambodia: The forgotten war against the Khmer rouge
Apr 29, 2025 CAMBODIA
As the world remembers the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, a lesser-known but pivotal chapter is being revisited. In
Apr 29, 2025 CAMBODIA
As the world remembers the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, a lesser-known but pivotal chapter is being revisited. In April 1975, while North Vietnamese troops encircled Saigon, the Khmer Rouge seized control of Cambodia. Although both regimes shared communist ideologies, tensions soon erupted. Within four years, Vietnam invaded Cambodia to oust the genocidal Khmer Rouge — ending their reign, but beginning a new occupation.
Al Jazeera’s Phuong-Yi Nguyen explains how the country that resisted American forces became an occupying power in its smaller neighbor.
0 
