Ka whai ake i ngā tau torutoru o ngā whakawhitinga patu i waenganui i te Soviet Union i tautoko i te Vietnamese me te Chinese i tautoko i ngā ope taua o Kambodia, i whakarewahia e Vietnam tētahi whakaekenga nui
o Cambodia i te rā Kirihimete i te tau 1978. Ko te whakatau ki te whakaeke i Cambodia i whakauruhia e Cambodia mai i o raatau whakaeke maha ki nga Vietnamese, i eke ki te 1977<unk>78.