Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vietnam yakabvuma muna 1978, ichitsvaka rubatsiro rwezvemari kuti iriritire Second Five-Year Plan. Muna 1978 Lê Duẩn naPhạm Văn Đồng vakasayina Chibvumirano cheMakore 25 cheUshamwari uye Kubatsirana pamwe neUSSR. Pasi pokudzivirirwa neSoviet, Vietnam
vakapinda muKampuchea. Mukupindura China yakapinda muVietnam. Vietnam yakapa Soviet Union dzimbahwe dzinoverengeka kuti idzivirire nharaunda yayo kuChina. Kwakanga kune runyerekupe rwokuti chimwe chezvinodikanwa zveChina nokuda kworugare chakanga chiri mugumo webetsero yeSoviet kuVietnam. MuAsia Vietnam yakaita basa rakafanana neraCuba muLatin America: yakatsigira mapoka omunzvimbomo echimurenga uye yakanga iri dzimbahwe rechikomonisiti chorudzi rweSoviet. Vietnam yakatsigira kupinda kweSoviet muAfghanistan uye yakagamuchira $3 miriyoni pazuva murubatsiro rwemauto.