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During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
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1967–1975 conflict in Cambodia
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Vietnamese Cambodians
Ethnic Vietnamese people in Cambodia
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Mekong
Major river in Southeast Asia
The Mekong or Mekong River is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) and a drainage area of 795,000 km2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km3 (114…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Country in Southeast Asia (1955–1975)
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