Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kupinda kweVietnamese muCambodia
uye kuwa kweDemocratic Kampuchea, hurumende itsva yeHanoi People's Republic of Kampuchea yakabvisa mimwe mitemo inodzvinyirira yakatemerwa vanhu vechiChinese nehurumende yeKhmer Rouge. Mapepanhau echiChinese akabvumirwa uye kurambidzwa kutaura chiChinese pamusha kwakabviswa. Zvisinei, kurambidzwa kwakati uye kumwe kusava nechokwadi kwakaramba kuripo, nokuti hurumende yePRK yaitsigira Soviet yakatsamwiswa nokutsigira kweChina mauto eKhmer Rouge airwisana nayo, zvino anonzi "National Army of Democratic Kampuchea" (NADK). Vacherechedzi panguva iyoyo vaidavira kuti chimiro chakaramba chiripo chokurwisana neChina chehurumende yePRK nevakuru vakuru vayo muPhnom Penh chakaita kuti zvive zvisingabviri kuti nzanga yechiChinese yehukuru hwakafanana neyaimbova yeKhmer Rouge inogona kubudazve muCambodia munguva pfupi iri kutevera.