Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mehondo yeVietnam China yakatsigira North Vietnam nezvombo nebetsero, ichibetsera North mukukunda kwayo kwokupedzisira. Zvisinei, pashure pokunge hondo yapera muna 1975, ukama hwacho hwakakanganiswa nenyaya dzinoverengeka dzinopesana, dzakadai sokutsigira kweVietnam neUSSR pakuparadzana kweSoviet neSoviet, kuwirirana kweChina neUnited States pasi peMutungamiri Richard Nixon, kukakavadzana pamuganhu wegungwa, uye kutsigirwa kweChina kunonzi kune mapoka evapanduki mashoma pamuganhu. Chinetso chokupedzisira chakauya pashure pokunge Vietnam yapinda muCambodia
uye akabvisa hurumende yeKhmer Rouge yaitsigirwa neChina muna 1978. Gore rakatevera Hondo pfupi yeChinese neVietnam yakatanga pamuganhu; kunyange zvazvo China yakabvisa mushure memavhiki matatu chete yakaramba iri munzvimbo duku dzakarongwa pamuganhu, uye kurwisana kwakaderera pamuganhu kwakapfuurira mumakore ose e1980.