List of wars involving Vietnam

This is a list of wars involving Vietnam.

Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Conflict	Vietnam and allies	Opponents	Result	President
August Revolution (1945) Occupation of the Tonkin Palace, Hanoi, on 19 August 1945	Việt Minh	Empire of Japan Empire of Vietnam	Vietnam Victory Abdication of Emperor Bảo Đại The End of the Vietnamese monarchy The creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam	Hồ Chí Minh
Chinese troops enter Vietnam (1945)	Việt Minh	China Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam Vietnam Revolutionary League	Vietnam Victory Chiang Kai-shek's army withdrew. Vietnam Nationalist Party and Vietnam Revolutionary Allied Society withdrew from the United Government
Operation Masterdom (1945–1946) Free French Commandos in Saigon being welcome by Japanese Surrendered Personnel in November 1945	Việt Minh	United Kingdom India France French Indochina  Japan	Vietnam Victory the First Indochina War begins
First Indochina War (1946–1954) Viet Minh troops plant their flag over the captured French headquarters at Dien Bien Phu (still from Sovietfilmographer Roman Karmen). Vietnam Victory in the Battle of Ðiện Biên Phủ	Vietnam	France French Indochina State of Vietnam Kingdom of Cambodia Kingdom of Laos  Burma Philippines  Thailand  United States[1]	Vietnam Victory The Departure of the French from Indochina 1954 Geneva Conference Vietnam was divided into North Vietnam (controlled by Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and the South Vietnam (controlled by State of Vietnam) Begin of the Vietnam War Laos and Cambodia become a country.
Vietnam War (1955–1975) U.S. Army Bell UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment from the Filhol Rubber Plantation area to a new staging area, during Operation "Wahiawa", a search and destroy mission conducted by the 25th Infantry Division, northeast of Cu Chi, South Vietnam, 1966.	North Vietnam Viet Cong	South Vietnam  United States  South Korea  Australia  New Zealand  Thailand Philippines Kingdom of Laos Khmer Republic Other Participation[2]  Afghanistan  Argentina  Belgium  Brazil  Canada  Costa Rica  Denmark  Ecuador France  Greece  Guatemala  Honduras  Iran  Ireland  Italy  Japan  Liberia  Luxembourg  Malaysia  Morocco  Netherlands  Norway  Pakistan  South Africa  Spain   Switzerland  Taiwan  Tunisia  Turkey  United Kingdom  Uruguay  Venezuela  West Germany	Vietnam Victory US military and political defeat Withdrawal of US Forces from Indochina Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam Unification of North and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
North Vietnamese invasion of Laos[3] (1958–1959) The Ho Chi Minh trail from the very beginning was using Vietnamese and Laotian people as seen in a captured Viet Cong's photo, circa 1959	North Vietnam Pathet Lao	Kingdom of Laos	Vietnam Victory Beginning of the Ho Chi Minh Trail Start of the Local War Phase Start of the Laotian Civil War
Laotian Civil War (1959–1975) Anti-aircraft troops of the Laotian Peoples Liberation Army.	North Vietnam Pathet Lao	Kingdom of Laos  South Vietnam  United States  South Korea  Australia  New Zealand  Thailand Philippines Khmer Republic	Vietnam Victory The creation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Exile of the Kingdom of Laos Small scale insurgency by anti-Pathet Lao factions
Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) U.S. tanks entering a town in Cambodia in 1970.	North Vietnam Khmer Rouge	Khmer Republic Kingdom of Laos  South Vietnam  United States  South Korea	Vietnam Victory The Khmer Rouge wins the Cambodian Civil War The creation of Democratic Kampuchea

Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Conflict	Vietnam and allies	Opponents	Result	President
FULRO insurgency (1964–1992)	Vietnam  North Vietnam (until 1976)	FULRO Champa  China  United States[4] Libya (1970–1987)  France	Vietnam Victory	Tôn Đức Thắng
Insurgency in Laos (1975–2021)[5]	Vietnam  Laos	Hmong insurgents  Thailand  United States  China (until 1988)[6]	Vietnam Victory 2007 Hmong-led coup attempt against the Lao government foiled; alleged plotters tried and exonerated in the U.S.
Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1978–1989) Rooms of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims. Million of Innocent Cambodian were killed by Khmer Rouge	Vietnam	Khmer Rouge  China  Malaysia[7]  North Korea  Romania[8][9][10]  Singapore[7]  Thailand  United Kingdom[11][12]  United States[13][14]  United Nations	Vietnam Victory Khmer Rouge removed from power and the Fall of Democratic Kampuchea End of the Cambodian genocide The creation, then discreation of the People's Republic of Kampuchea Chinese invasion of Vietnam and continued border skirmishes Vietnamese occupation until 1989 Start of CGDK insurgency and Thai border skirmishes Signing of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords agreeing to UN-led transition
Vietnamese border raids in Thailand (1979–1989)	Vietnam	Thailand Khmer Rouge ASEAN[15]  Philippines  Indonesia  Malaysia  Singapore  China	Vietnam Victory
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)	Vietnam	China	Vietnam Victory Continued Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia until 1989 Vietnamese authorities continue and increase their expulsions of overseas Chinese from Vietnam Continuation of border clashes between China and Vietnam until 1991 Vietnam success in to prevent Chinese troops from entering Hanoi
Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)	Vietnam	China	Vietnam Victory The conflict subsided without the outbreak of full-scale war Normalization of relations between China and Vietnam in 1991
Thai–Laotian Border War (1987–1988)	Vietnam  Laos	Thailand	Vietnam Victory Peace talks in Bangkok	Võ Chí Công
Russian in the Bạch Long Vĩ Island Conflict (1992)	Vietnam	Russia	Vietnam Victory Russian escape the Bạch Long Vĩ Island

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