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The People's Army of Vietnam captured Phnom Penh, marking the end of large-scale fighting in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
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Primary combined military forces of Vietnam, responsible for national defense
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Phnom Penh
Capital of Cambodia
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Cambodian–Vietnamese War
1978–89 conflict between Vietnam and the Khmer Rouge
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