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hondo yakatanga pakati peVietnam neKampuchea, nyika mbiri dzaitsigira CPT. Laos, nyika yaiva nenzvimbo zhinji dzePLAT, yakatsigira Vietnam munharo yacho. Muna January 1979 CPT nePLAT dzakadzingwa muLaos nehurumende, kukundikana kwechiuto kwebato racho. Bunyen Worthong nechikamu chiduku chevamwe vaimbova vatungamiriri vevadzidzi uye vakadzidza vakaparadzana nehutungamiri hwebato uye musi wa22 Gumiguru 1979 vakaumba Thai Isan Liberation Party (inowanzonzi "Pak Mai", 'New Party') muVientiane. "Pak Mai" raiva bato remakomonisiti raitsigira zvimiro zveVietnamese-Laotian uye raive muLaos.