Kammala wannan jumla: Yaƙin da aka yi a Cambodia ya sake farawa a watan Disamba na 1978 lokacin da 'yan
Sojojin Vietnam sun mamaye su don kifar da Khmer Rouge. Sojojin Khmer Rouge sun janye zuwa yankunan kan iyaka. A watan Janairu, 'yan Vietnam sun kai hari kan dakarun Khmer Rouge da ke cikin haikalin, amma babu rahotannin lalacewarsa. Yawancin 'yan gudun hijirar Kambodiya sun shiga Thailand bayan mamayewar. An ci gaba da yakin basasa a Kambodiya a cikin shekarun 1980 da kuma cikin shekarun 1990, yana hana samun damar zuwa Preah Vihear. An buɗe haikalin a ɗan gajeren lokaci ga jama'a a cikin 1992, kawai don sake mamayewa a shekara mai zuwa ta mayakan Khmer Rouge. A watan Disamba na 1998, haikalin ya kasance wurin tattaunawar da ɗaruruwan sojojin Khmer Rouge, waɗanda aka ce su ne ƙarfin ƙarfin ƙungiyar 'yan tawaye, suka yarda su mika wuya ga gwamnatin Phnom Penh.