Cambodia–Vietnam border

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Map of the Cambodia-Vietnam border

The Cambodia–Vietnam border is the international border between the territory of Cambodia and Vietnam. The border is 1,158 km (720 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Laos in the north to Gulf of Thailand in the south.[1]

Description

The border starts in the north at the tripoint with Laos and then proceeds overland to the south, occasionally utilising rivers such as the

Mekong delta it continues southwestwards, terminating at the Gulf of Thailand just west of Hà Tiên. The maritime boundary forms a loop, so Phú Quốc island belongs to Vietnam despite it being closer to the Cambodia shore.[2]

History

A boundary pillar at Môc Bài

Vietnamese people gradually

Governor-General of French Indochina, divided the islands in the Gulf of Thailand on a purely administrative basis with the so-called 'Brévié line', however a scheduled allocation of the islands between Cambodia and Vietnam never took place.[2] In 1942 another small adjustment to the frontier was made in the vicinity of the Bassac River.[2]

In 1954 both Cambodia and Vietnam gained full independence, however the latter was split into a Communist North and a capitalist South, with Cambodia bordering South Vietnam only.[2] The border remained undemarcated and numerous areas, as well as the Gulf islands, remained in dispute.[2] Furthermore, Khmer nationalists laid claim to much of the Mekong delta area of southern Vietnam (called Kampuchea Krom), based on the fact that historically these were Khmer lands.[4]

During the

Marxist-Leninist leaders of Pol Pot and Khieu Samphan. Vietnam was reunified on 2 July 1976.[4] With relations deteriorating numerous skirmishes occurred along the border, with Vietnam eventually invading Cambodia in 1978 and ousting the Khmer Rouge by the Vietnamese Army on 7 January 1979.[4] Discussions on the border thereafter reconvened in 1983, with both sides in 1985 pledging to recognise the border as it was at independence.[4] Discussions continued into the early 1990s.[4] A treaty was signed in 2005, followed by on-the-ground demarcation, which was completed in 2012.[5]

Border crossings

Border gate at Hà Tiên

There are several border crossings:[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cambodia". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "International Boundary Study No. 155 – Cambodia -Vietnam Boundary" (PDF). US Department of State. 5 March 1976. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. ^ Thu-Hương Nguyễn-Võ (1992). Khmer-Viet relations and the third Indochina conflict. McFarland. pp. 1–2, 4–5, 9–15.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m St John, Ronald Bruce. "The Land Boundaries of Indochina: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam" (PDF). International Boundaries Research Unit, Department of Geography, University of Durham. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Key Viet Nam-Cambodia border marker inaugurated". Việt Nam News. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Cambodia land borders with Laos and Vietnam". Best Price Travel. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Border Crossing from Cambodia to Vietnam with the eVisa". Evisa Vietnam. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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