List of wars involving the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
# List of wars involving the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

This is a list of wars and rebellions involving Socialist Republic of Vietnam. There are 18 wars on the list. This is only about socialist republic of Vietnam.

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| Conflict | Vietnam and allies | Opponents | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| South-East Asian theatre of World War II (1941–1945) | Viet Minh United States Philippine Commonwealth United Kingdom Canada China Netherlands Dutch East Indies Free Thai Movement Korean Liberation Army Portuguese Timor | Empire of Japan State of Burma Free India Philippine Republic Thailand Vichy France | Vietnam Victory |
| August Revolution (1945) | Viet Minh | Empire of Japan Empire of Vietnam | Vietnam Victory Abdication of Emperor Bảo Đại Abolishment of the Vietnamese monarchy Establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
| Chinese troops enter Vietnam (1945—1946) | Viet Minh | Republic of China (1912–1949) Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam Vietnam Revolutionary League | Vietnam Victory Republic of China withdraws from North Vietnam Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng and Vietnam Revolutionary League |
| Partisan conflict of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945—1947) | Viet Minh Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam Socialist Party of Vietnam Democratic Party of Vietnam Vanguard Youth (Vietnam) The Hòa Hảo Buddhist Sect The Great Religion of the Third Amnesty Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics Bình Xuyên anti France | Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng Vietnamese Democratic Socialist Party Vietnam Revolutionary League The Hòa Hảo Buddhist Sect The Great Religion of the Third Amnesty Vietnam Catholic League Bình Xuyên supported France | Vietnam Victory All anti-Viet Minh parties have been crushed |
| Operation Masterdom (1945—1946) | Viet Minh | United Kingdom British Raj France French Indochina Japan | Vietnam Inconclusive Restoration of French rule in Indochina First Indochina War begins |
| First Indochina War (1946—1954) | Viet Minh Lao Issara Pathet Lao Khmer Issarak United Issarak Front Cao Đài | France French Indochina Kingdom of Cambodia Kingdom of Laos (1947–1954) State of Vietnam (1949–1954) Hòa Hảo Bình Xuyên | Vietnam Victory 1954 Geneva Conference Departure of the French from Indochina State of Vietnam, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Kingdom of Laos and Kingdom of Cambodia achieve independence Vietnam was partitioned between North (controlled by the Việt Minh) and South (controlled by the State of Vietnam) Start of the Vietnam War |
| Operation Shiwan Dashan (1949) | North Vietnam China | Republic of China | Vietnam Victory Republic of China lost control Nanning and some other localities in Guangxi |
| Vietnam War (1955–1975) | North Vietnam Viet Cong Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge | United States South Vietnam Australia Khmer Republic Laos New Zealand Thailand South Korea Philippines Belgium Republic of China Denmark Japan West Germany France Greece Malaysia Ireland Pakistan Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Spain Switzerland Iran United Kingdom Turkey Canada Argentina Liberia Morocco South Africa Costa Rica Tunisia Brazil Venezuela Uruguay Honduras Ecuador Guatemala | Vietnam Victory Withdrawal of U.S. coalition's forces from Vietnam in 1973 after the Paris Peace Accords Communist forces take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos Start of the boat people and refugee crises Start of the Cambodian genocide and the Third Indochina War |
| North Vietnamese invasion of Laos (1958–1959) | North Vietnam Pathet Lao | Laos | Vietnam Victory Beginning of the Ho Chi Minh Trail Start of the Local War Phase Start of the Laotian Civil War |
| Laotian Civil War (1959–1975) | North Vietnam Pathet Lao | Laos South Vietnam United States Thailand | Vietnam Victory Establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Exile of the Kingdom of Laos Continued ongoing small scale insurgency by anti-Pathet Lao factions |
| Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) | North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge GRUNK FUNK Khmer Rumdo | Khmer Republic South Vietnam United States Indonesia | Vietnam Victory Fall of the Kingdom of Cambodia Creation, then collapse, of the Khmer Republic Establishment of Democratic Kampuchea Beginning of the Cambodian genocide Beginning of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War |
| FULRO insurgency (1964–1992) | Vietnam | FULRO FLC FLHP FLKK | Vietnam Victory |
| Insurgency in Laos (1975–2007) | Vietnam Laos | Lao Resistance Movement Hmong insurgents | Vietnam Victory Hmong-led coup attempt against the Lao government foiled; alleged plotters tried and exonerated in the U.S. |
| Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1979–1989) | Vietnam People's Republic of Kampuchea KUFNS State of Cambodia | Democratic Kampuchea CGDK Khmer Rouge Khmer People's National Liberation Front FUNCINPEC China Thailand United States | Vietnam Victory Khmer Rouge removed from power and collapse of Democratic Kampuchea End of the Cambodian genocide Establishment, then destablishment of the People's Republic of Kampuchea Chinese invasion of Vietnam and continued border skirmishes Vietnamese occupation until 1989 Start of CGDK insurgency and Thai border skirmishes Signing of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords agreeing to UN-led transition |
| Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) | Vietnam | China | Both Sides claim victory Chinese troops temporarily occupy Vietnamese territory along the China–Vietnam border before withdrawing Continued Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia until 1989 Vietnamese authorities continue and increase their expulsions of overseas Chinese from Vietnam Continuation of border clashes between China and Vietnam until 1991 |
| Sino-Vietnamese Conflict (1979–1991) | Vietnam | China | Inconclusive The conflict subsided without the outbreak of full-scale war Normalization of relations between China and Vietnam in 1991 |
| Vietnamese border raids in Thailand (1979–1989) | Vietnam People's Republic of Kampuchea State of Cambodia | Thailand CGDK Khmer Rouge KPNLF FUNCINPEC | Vietnam Victory Destruction of numerous guerrilla bases and refugee camps along the Thai–Cambodian border Isolated outbreaks of open hostility between Vietnamese and Thai troops Withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from the border in 1989 |
| Thai–Laotian Border War (1987–1988) | Vietnam Laos | Thailand | Vietnam Victory Laos tactical victory ; Peace talks in Bangkok |
