Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
1978 Kupinda kweVietnamese muCambodia uye kuparara kweDemocratic Kampuchea muna 1979, maanti-Hanoi Khmer Rouge akatizira kumatunhu emuganhu weThailand, uye, nerubatsiro kubva kuChina, mauto aPol Pot akakwanisa kuunganidzazve uye kurongazve mumasango uye munzvimbo dzine makomo pamuganhu weThai-Cambodian. Mumakore ekuma1980 uye kutanga kwema1990, mauto eKhmer Rouge akashanda kubva mukati memisasa yevapoteri muThailand, mukuedza kudzikamisa hurumende yeHanoi People's Republic of Kampuchea, iyo Thailand yakaramba kuziva. Thailand neVietnam dzakatarisana mhiri kwemuganhu weThai neCambodian nekupinda kweVietnamese uye kupfura munzvimbo yeThai mukati memakore e1980 vachitevera maCambodian guerrillas ayo akaramba achirwisa mauto eVietnam ekubata.