PEOPLE

July
August
October
Dccemkr
Januaiy
March
April
May
June
Viemam and ha sign 25-year treaty of friendship and
a-optation.
Border diwgrcemcnts between Viemam and Kampuchea.
Wwst typhoon season for thirty years.
Rice deficit of owr 1 3W 000 tonncs.
Vietnam appeals for emergency food aid, and alleges China
is supplying military aid to Kampuchea.
Heavy fighting along Vietnam-Kampuchea border.
Viemamew uwps idvancr on Phnom knh, then withdraw;
Hanoi caHs for mks.
The numb ojbwt psople at tkE end o/ 1 9 7 7 21 ~ 276.
Peking issues statement of plicy on 'owrreas Chinese',
cnlling for 'the broadest pwiotic united front' among them.
Hanoi nationalizes remaining husinesseb (mosdy ethnic
Chincse) in mth.
Amalgamation of dual (nonh and south) curtencus.
Ethnic Chinese in nohcrn Vietnam enter C hh because of
rumours of war between Viemam and China over
Kampuchea.
China accuses Vietnam of persecuting Chinese residents;
terminates seventy-NO aid projccts in nonhcrn Vietnam.
Vietnam applies to join Communist Council for Mutual
Economic Assistance (COMECON) whwr members arc Swiet
Union, cast Eurepcan counuics, Cuba, Mongolia.
July China cmncels all remaining aid ro Vicmam, withdraws
technicimns; srals border to refugees from Viemam, claiming
has accepted 160 000.
August Japan and China sign treaty of pce and friendship. i
Scprembcr Fint rcagoing freighter, the Snuthem Crurr, with abut 1200
rrfupes, leavca southern Vietnam; kaches on lndonesian
island.
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October
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January
April to
June
St~lemate between China and Viemom on whether 1.7
million ethnic Chincsc in Viemam should be consideted
citizens of Viemm or China.
Most geyett flding in Viemame# history; 1978 rice crop ia
7.5 million to~es
short.
Vietnam and Swiet Union sign a 25-year treaty of friendship
and cooperition,
Unitcd States mnd China agree to esmblish diplomatic
relations,
Viemam invades Kampuchea.
Tlrs numbtt ofboat psaple at ika and oil978 war 106 489,
Viemamcse forces wcupy Phnom Pcnh, China-supponcd
Pol Pot ~ gimc rcpleced by the Heng Smrin gwemrncnt,
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friendly to Hnnoi.
chin^ invades Viemam.
China announces phased withdrawal from Viemamesc
border provinces. Viemam announces general mobilization.
Numbcr of h t refugee arrivals in ncighbwring counuies
rises from 26 602 h April to 51 139 in May and 56 941 in
June. Chinelst refugees from Viehrsrn entering China teach !
250 000,
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Unitcd Nations conference in Geneva considers problem of
Indo-Chinese refugees; Hanoi promises to hlt flow.
By 31 Jub 1979 the numbe* of boat pmpk wm 292 315.
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