List of wars involving Vietnam

See also: Military history of Vietnam

This is a list of wars involving the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its predecessor states.

Ancient era

Hồng Bàng dynasty (2879 BC–258 BC)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Brief description
Âu Việt–Lạc Việt War (258 BC) [lower-alpha 1]	Văn Lang (Lạc Việt)	Âu Việt	Victory for Âu Việt Thục Phán (An Dương Vương) conquers Lạc Việt Merger of Âu Việt and Lạc Việt into Âu Lạc

Âu Lạc (258 BC–179 BC)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Brief description
Qin campaign against the Baiyue (221 BC–214 BC)	Baiyue tribes: Âu Lạc Minyue Nanyue	Qin dynasty	Defeat Qin dynasty annexes Minyue and Nanyue
Âu Lạc–Nanyue War (179 BC)	Âu Lạc	Nanyue under Triệu Đà	Defeat Nanyue annexes Âu Lạc

Triệu dynasty (179 BC–111 BC)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Brief description
Han–Nanyue War (111 BC)	Nanyue	Western Han	Defeat Western Han annexes Nanyue Beginning of the First Chinese domination of Vietnam

Chinese Domination era

First and Second Chinese domination (111 BC–544 AD)

Conflict	Event	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Brief description
Trưng sisters' rebellion (40 AD–43 AD)	Uprising (40 AD)	Trưng sisters in Lingnan	Eastern Han	Rebel victory Trưng Trắc proclaims Queen End of the First Chinese domination of Vietnam
	Han counterattack (43 AD)	Trưng sisters in Lingnan	Eastern Han	Defeat Death of the Trưng sisters Beginning of the Second Chinese domination of Vietnam
Chu Đạt's rebellion (157)		Chu Đạt in Jiuzhen	Eastern Han	Rebel defeat
Wuhu rebellion (178–181)		Liang Long in Hepu and Jiaozhi	Eastern Han	Rebel defeat
Independence of Lâm Ấp (192)		Khu Liên in Xianglin (Huế)	Eastern Han	Rebel victory Foundation of Lâm Ấp, predecessors to Champa
Lady Triệu's rebellion (248)		Lady Triệu in Jiuzhen	Eastern Wu	Rebel defeat
Jin–Wu War (263–280)		Local rebels in Jiaozhi Jin dynasty	Eastern Wu	Victory for Jin Jin acquires Jiaozhi from Eastern Wu
Jin–Lâm Ấp conflicts (351–415)		Jin dynasty	Lâm Ấp	Victory for Jin
Liu Song–Lâm Ấp War (445–446)		Liu Song	Lâm Ấp	Victory for Liu Song Sack of Kandarapura, capital city of Lâm Ấp, by the Liu Song
Lý Trường Nhân's rebellion (468)		Lý Trường Nhân in Jiaozhou	Liu Song	Rebel victory Liu Song forced to appoint Lý Trường Nhân as governor of Jiaozhou
Lý Bí's rebellion (541–544)		Lý Bí in Jiaozhi	Liang dynasty	Rebel victory Foundation of Vạn Xuân under Early Lý dynasty End of the Second Chinese domination of Vietnam

Early Lý dynasty (544–602)

Conflict	Early Lý dynasty and allies	Opponents	Brief description
Liang–Vạn Xuân War (545–550)	Vạn Xuân	Liang dynasty	Victory for Vạn Xuân Liang forces withdraw from Vạn Xuân to quell Hou Jing's rebellion in Liang China
Vạn Xuân–Dã Năng War (557–571)	Vạn Xuân	Dã Năng (vi)	Victory for Dã Năng Lý Phật Tử proclaims King of Vạn Xuân Merger of Vạn Xuân and Dã Năng
Sui–Vạn Xuân War (602)	Vạn Xuân	Sui dynasty	Defeat Sui annexed Vạn Xuân Beginning of the Third Chinese domination of Vietnam

Third Chinese domination (602–905)

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Brief description
Sui–Lâm Ấp War (605)	Sui dynasty	Lâm Ấp	Victory for Sui
Lý Tự Tiên's rebellion (679)	Lý Tự Tiên and Đinh Kiến in Annan	Tang dynasty	Victory for Tang
Mai Thúc Loan's rebellion (722–723)	Mai Thúc Loan in Annan	Tang dynasty	Victory for Tang
Javanese raids in modern-day Vietnamese coast (767, 774 & 787)	Tang dynasty Champa	Javanese raiders	Victory for Tang
Phùng Hưng's rebellion (791)	Phùng Hưng in Annan	Tang dynasty	Rebel defeat
Hoàn Vương–Tang conflicts (803–809)	Tang dynasty	Hoàn Vương	Victory for Tang
Dương Thanh's rebellion (819–831)	Dương Thanh in Annan	Tang dynasty	Rebel defeat
Tang–Nanzhao war (846–866)	Nanzhao Local rebels in Northern Vietnam	Tang dynasty	Victory for Tang
Khúc Thừa Dụ's rebellion (905)	Khúc Thừa Dụ in Tĩnh Hải quân	Tang dynasty	Rebel victory Tang forced to appoint Khúc Thừa Dụ as jiedushi of Tĩnh Hải quân Khúc clan establish an autonomous government of the Vietnamese people End of the Third Chinese domination of Vietnam

Monarchical era

Autonomous period under Khúc clan and Dương Đình Nghệ (905–938)

Conflict	Event	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Brief description
Tĩnh Hải quân–Southern Han War (930)		Tĩnh Hải quân	Southern Han	Defeat Southern Han captures Khúc Thừa Mỹ Tĩnh Hải quân falls under Southern Han control
Southern Han–Annan War (931–938)	Dương Đình Nghệ campaign (931)	Dương Đình Nghệ in Annan	Southern Han	Victory Dương Đình Nghệ self-establishes as jiedushi
	Battle of Bạch Đằng (938)	Ngô Quyền in Annan	Southern Han	Victory Establishment of Ngô dynasty Beginning of Independent era

Ngô dynasty (939–965)

Conflict	Event	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Brief description
Dương Tam Kha's coup d'état (944)		Ngô Xương Ngập	Dương Tam Kha	Victory for Dương Tam Kha Usurpation of Dương Tam Kha
Countercoup against Dương Tam Kha (950)		Dương Tam Kha	Ngô Xương Văn	Victory for Ngô Xương Văn Ngô Xương Ngập and Ngô Xương Văn crowned co-rulers
Anarchy of the 12 Warlords (965–968)	Lã Xử Bình's coup d'état (965)	Ngô Xương Xí	Lã Xử Bình	Victory for Lã Xử Bình Lã Xử Bình usurps rulership, however, local warlords refuse to recognize Lã Xử Bình Vietnamese lands fragmented into 12 domains, each administered by a powerful warlord
	Đinh Bộ Lĩnh's Unification War (967–968)	Đinh Bộ Lĩnh and allies	Opposing factions in the 12 Warlords	Victory for Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (Đinh Tiên Hoàng) Unification of Vietnam into Đại Cồ Việt Establishment of Đinh dynasty

Đinh dynasty (968–980)

Conflict	Đinh dynasty and allies	Opponents	Brief description
Countercoup against Lê Hoàn (979)	Lê Hoàn Supported by: Dương Vân Nga	Đinh Điền (vi), Nguyễn Bặc, Phạm Hạp Ngô Nhật Khánh	Victory for Lê Hoàn Lê Hoàn (Lê Đại Hành) crowned King Establishment of Early Lê dynasty

Early Lê dynasty (980–1009)

Conflict	Early Lê dynasty and allies	Opponents	Brief description
Song–Đại Cồ Việt War (981)	Đại Cồ Việt	Song dynasty	Victory Song forced to diplomatically recognize the sovereignty of Đại Cồ Việt
First Champa–Đại Cồ Việt War (982)	Đại Cồ Việt	Champa	Victory
Wars of the Early Lê dynasty succession (1005)	Lê Long Việt	Lê Long Tích (vi)	Victory for Lê Long Việt Lê Long Việt (Lê Trung Tông) crowned King
	Lê Ngọa Triều	Lê Long Cân (vi), Lê Long Kính (vi), Lê Long Đinh (vi)	Victory for Lê Ngọa Triều Lê Ngọa Triều retains the crown

Later Lý dynasty (1009–1225)

Conflict	Event	Later Lý dynasty and allies	Opponents	Brief description
Dali–Đại Cồ Việt War (1014)		Đại Cồ Việt	Dali Kingdom	Victory
War of the Later Lý dynasty succession (1028)		Khai Thiên Vương	Đông Chinh Vương (Lý Thái Tổ's son) Vũ Đức Vương Dực Thánh Vương (Lý Thái Tổ's brother)	Victory for Khai Thiên Vương Khai Thiên Vương (Lý Thái Tông) retains the throne
Nong Quanfu's rebellion (1038–1041)		Đại Cồ Việt	Nong Quanfu's Kingdom of Longevity	Victory
Second Champa–Đại Cồ Việt War (1044)		Đại Cồ Việt	Champa	Victory
Nong Zhigao's rebellion (1048–1055)		Đại Cồ Việt	Nong Zhigao's Dali	Victory
First Champa–Đại Việt War (1069)		Đại Việt	Champa	Victory Đại Việt annexed Ma Linh, Bố Chính, Địa Lý (present-day Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị)
Đại Việt–Song War (1075–1077)	Viet invasion (1075)	Đại Việt	Song dynasty	Indecisive Đại Việt troops capture several Song forts and retreats
	Song counterattack (1077)	Đại Việt	Song dynasty	Victory Invasion repelled Status quo ante bellum
Đại Việt–Khmer War (1123–1150)	Khmer campaign (1123–1124)	Đại Việt	Khmer Empire	Victory
	Khmer–Champa joint invasion (1132)	Đại Việt	Khmer Empire Champa	Victory Invasion repelled Champa briefly regains control of Ma Linh, Bố Chính, Địa Lý
	Viet campaign (1136)	Đại Việt	Khmer Empire Champa	Indecisive Leads to Khmer–Cham War
	Further Suryavarman II's expeditions (1136–1150)	Đại Việt	Khmer Empire	Victory
Quách Bốc's rebellion (1209)		Đại Việt	Quách Bốc	Victory Decline of Later Lý dynasty
Nguyễn Nộn's rebellion (1213–1219)		Đại Việt	Nguyễn Nộn (vi)

Trần dynasty (1225–1400)

Conflict	Event	Trần dynasty and allies	Opponents	Brief description
Second Champa–Đại Việt War (1252)		Đại Việt	Champa	Victory
Đại Việt–Mongol War (1257–1258) or First Đại Việt–Mongol War		Đại Việt	Mongol Empire	Defeat Mongol troops briefly occupies Thăng Long before leaving to invade Southern Song Trần Thái Tông submits to the Mongols Vietnamese sources claim victory
First Đại Việt–Yuan War (1285) or Second Đại Việt–Mongol War	Yuan advance (January – May)	Đại Việt	Yuan dynasty	Defeat Trần leadership implements a scorched earth policy on Thăng Long and retreats Yuan troops occupy Thăng Long but fail to turn it into a strategic gain
	Đại Việt counteroffensive (May – June)	Đại Việt Champa	Yuan dynasty	Victory Yuan invasion repelled
Second Đại Việt–Yuan War (1287–1288) or Third Đại Việt–Mongol War	Yuan advance (1287 – January 1288)	Đại Việt	Yuan dynasty	Defeat Yuan troops occupy Thăng Long
	Battle of Bạch Đằng River (1288)	Đại Việt	Yuan dynasty	Victory Yuan invasion repelled
Đại Việt–Muang Sua War (1294–1301)		Đại Việt	Muang Sua	Victory Annexation of present-day eastern Xiangkhouang by Đại Việt
Third Champa–Đại Việt War (1311)		Đại Việt	Champa	Victory Chế Chí captured by Đại Việt Đại Việt installs Chế Năng as King of Champa
Fourth Champa–Đại Việt War (1318)		Đại Việt	Champa	Victory Chế Năng escapes to Majapahit
Champa–Đại Việt War (1367–1396)	Battle of Chiêm Động (1367)	Đại Việt	Champa	Defeat Beginning of a series of Champan counter-offensives
	Coup against Dương Nhật Lễ (1369–1370)	Dương Nhật Lễ	Trần Phủ	Rulership change Trần Phủ (Trần Nghệ Tông) crowned King Dương Nhật Lễ's Queen mother flees to Champa and urges Chế Bồng Nga to avenge her
	Sack of Thăng Long (1371)	Đại Việt	Champa	Defeat Champans set the city on fire, seized women, jewels, and silks. All Vietnamese books held in the royal palace were lost
	Battle of Vijaya (1377)	Đại Việt	Champa	Defeat Trần Duệ Tông ambushed and killed in action Champa sacked Thăng Long three times in 1377, 1378 and 1383.
	Trần Khát Chân's last stand (1390)	Đại Việt	Champa	Victory Chế Bồng Nga killed in action Status quo ante bellum Decline of Trần dynasty
Hồ Quý Ly's coup d'état (1399–1400)		Trần Thuận Tông and Trần Thiếu Đế	Hồ Quý Ly	Rulership change Usurpation of Hồ Quý Ly Establishment of Hồ dynasty Foundation of Đại Ngu

Hồ dynasty (1400–1407)

Conflict	Event	Hồ dynasty and allies	Opponents	Brief description
Champa–Đại Ngu War (1400–1407)	First Đại Ngu campaign (1400)	Đại Ngu	Champa	Defeat
	Second Đại Ngu campaign (1402)	Đại Ngu	Champa	Victory Đại Ngu annexes Chiêm Động and Cổ Lũy (present-day Quảng Nam and Quảng Ngãi)
	Third Đại Ngu campaign (1403)	Đại Ngu	Champa	Defeat Đại Ngu fails to capture Vijaya
	Champan campaign (1407)	Đại Ngu	Champa Ming dynasty	Defeat Champa recaptures Chiêm Động and Cổ Lũy
Đại Ngu–Ming War (1406–1407)		Đại Ngu	Ming dynasty	Defeat Vietnamese intellectuals forced to join Ming court Beginning of the Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam

Fourth Chinese Domination (1407–1428)

Conflict	Event	Vietnamese people	Opponents	Brief description
Later Trần rebellion (1407–1413)		Later Trần rebels in Jiaozhi	Ming dynasty	Rebel defeat
Lam Sơn uprising (1418–1428)	Early phases (1418–1422)	Lê Lợi in Jiaozhi	Ming dynasty	Rebel defeat Lê Lợi surrenders to the Ming
	Capture of Nghệ An (1424–1425)	Lê Lợi in Jiaozhi	Ming dynasty	Rebel victory Lê Lợi captures Nghệ An, a turning point in his rebellion
	Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động (1426)	Lê Lợi in Jiaozhi	Ming dynasty	Rebel victory
	Siege of Đông Quan (1427)	Lê Lợi in Jiaozhi	Ming dynasty	Rebel victory Lê Lợi captures Đông Quan
	Battle of Chi Lăng (1427)	Lê Lợi in Jiaozhi	Ming dynasty	Rebel victory
	Siege of Xương Giang (1427)	Lê Lợi in Jiaozhi	Ming dynasty	Rebel victory Ming troops withdraw orderly with "the solemn oath of eternal friendship", under Lê Lợi (Lê Thái Tổ)'s supervision Issuance of Bình Ngô đại cáo Establishment of Later Lê dynasty

Later Lê dynasty (1428–1789)

Early period (1428–1527)

Conflict	Event	Later Lê dynasty and allies	Opponents	Brief description
Đại Việt–Ngưu Hống war (1431–1432)		Đại Việt	Ngưu Hống	Victory
Sixth Champa–Đại Việt War (1446)		Đại Việt	Champa	Victory Đại Việt captures Maha Vijaya
Later Lê dynasty succession crisis (1459–1460)	Lê Nghi Dân's coup d'état (1459)	Lê Nhân Tông	Lê Nghi Dân	Victory for Lê Nghi Dân Usurpation of Lê Nghi Dân
	Countercoup against Lê Nghi Dân (1460)	Lê Nghi Dân	Lê Lăng and Nguyễn Xí	Victory for Lê Lăng and Nguyễn Xí High-ranking mandarins install Lê Tư Thành (Lê Thánh Tông) as King
Seventh Champa–Đại Việt War (1471)		Đại Việt	Champa	Victory Annexation of large portions of northern Champa by Đại Việt Decline of Champa
Đại Việt–Lan Xang War (1479–1484) or White Elephant War		Đại Việt	Lan Xang Lanna Muang Phuan Ayutthaya Ava	Defeat (see analysis) Sack of Xiangkhouang by Đại Việt Muang Phuan retains its tributary relationship with Lan Xang Lao, Lanna, Chinese sources claim coalitional victory while Vietnamese sources claim victory
Lê Oanh's coup d'état (1509)		Lê Uy Mục	Lê Oanh	Victory for Lê Oanh Usurpation of Lê Oanh (Lê Tương Dực)
Trần Tuân's rebellion (1511–1512)		Đại Việt	Trần Tuân (vi)	Victory
Crisis of the late Later Lê dynasty – Early period (1516–1526)	Trịnh Duy Sản's coup d'état (1516)	Lê Tương Dực	Trịnh Duy Sản (vi), Trịnh Duy Đại	Victory Death of Lê Tương Dực Trịnh Duy Đại installs Lê Quang Trị as King, but leaves Thăng Long for Thanh Hóa shortly after Trịnh Duy Sản installs Lê Y (Lê Chiêu Tông) as King Trịnh Duy Đại then kills Lê Quang Trị and rejoins Trịnh Duy Sản at Thăng Long Decline of Later Lê dynasty
	Trần Cảo's rebellion (1516–1521)	Đại Việt	Trần Cảo	Victory Death of Trịnh Duy Sản
	Trịnh Tuy's coup d'état (1518–1522)	Lê Chiêu Tông	Trịnh Tuy	Victory As Lê Chiêu Tông is absent from court, Trịnh Tuy installs Lê Bảng and then Lê Do as King in quick succession Mạc Đăng Dung quells the rebellion, consolidating power in the imperial court Trịnh Tuy surrenders
	Mạc Đăng Dung's coup d'état (1522–1526)	Lê Chiêu Tông, Trịnh Tuy	Mạc Đăng Dung	Defeat Mạc Đăng Dung installs Lê Xuân (Lê Cung hoàng) as King, then deposes him and installs himself as King. Brief collapse of Later Lê dynasty Establishment of Mạc dynasty

Restored Lê period (1533–1789)

During this period, there existed 3 dynasties and 3 lordships: Mạc dynasty (1527–1677), Restored Lê (1533–1789), and Tây Sơn dynasty (1778–1802); Trịnh lords (1545–1787), Nguyễn lords (1558–1802), and Bầu lords (1527–1689); each with varying degrees of power and control over the country. This period is considered to be one of the most complicated periods in the history of Vietnam.

Conflict	Event	Aggressor	Defender	Brief description
Lê–Mạc War (1533–1677)	Later Lê dynasty's return to Vietnam (1533–1543)	Nguyễn Kim, Lê Trang Tông	Mạc dynasty	Victory for Nguyễn Kim Establishment of Southern dynasty in Vietnam Beginning of Lê–Mạc War Restoration of Later Lê dynasty in Thanh Hóa and Nghệ An
	Battle of Yên Mô (1545)	Nguyễn Kim, Lê Trang Tông	Mạc dynasty	Victory for Mạc Assassination of Nguyễn Kim Trịnh Kiểm appointed regent of Later Lê dynasty Beginning of Trịnh lords
	Battle of Thăng Long (1551)	Southern dynasty King Lê Trung Tông Lord Trịnh Kiểm	Mạc dynasty	Stalemate Lê troops capture Thăng Long but then retreat due to fears of a Mạc ambush
	Battle of Thuận Hóa (1554)	Southern dynasty King Lê Trung Tông Lord Trịnh Kiểm	Mạc dynasty	Victory for Lê Lê captures Thuận Hóa (present-day Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên - Huế, Đà Nẵng, Quảng Nam) Official beginning of Northern and Southern dynasties
	Prince Mạc Kính Điển's Southern campaigns (1555–1579)	Northern dynasty Mạc Kính Điển Nguyễn Quyện (since 1557)	Southern dynasty Kings Lê Trung Tông (until 1556) Lê Anh Tông (1556–1573) Lê Thế Tông (since 1573) Lords Trịnh Kiểm (until 1570) Trịnh Cối (1570) Trịnh Tùng (since 1570)	Stalemate Decline of Mạc dynasty
	Lê Northern campaigns (1584–1592)	Southern dynasty King Lê Thế Tông Lord Trịnh Tùng	Northern dynasty Mạc dynasty	Victory for Later Lê dynasty Restoration of Later Lê dynasty in Vietnam Remnants of Mạc dynasty relocate to Cao Bằng
	Later campaigns (1592–1677)	Đại Việt	Mạc dynasty Bầu lords Supported by: Ming dynasty (1625–1644)   Qing dynasty (1644–1677)	Victory End of Mạc dynasty Decline and eventual demise of Bầu lords
First Đại Việt–Panduranga War (1611)		Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Nguyên	Panduranga	Victory for Nguyễn Annexation of present-day Phú Yên by Đại Việt
First Trịnh–Nguyễn War (1627–1672)	Early phases (1627–1648)	Đàng Ngoài Trịnh Tráng Dutch East India Company (1643)	Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Nguyên (until 1635) Nguyễn Phúc Lan (since 1635)	Stalemate A Vietnamese navy defeats a European navy for the first time ever
	Battle of Nghệ An (1655–1660)	Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Tần	Đàng Ngoài Trịnh Tráng	Victory for Trịnh
	Later campaigns (1661–1672)	Đàng Ngoài Trịnh Tạc	Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Tần	Victory for Nguyễn Armistice reached Vietnam divided into Northern Đàng Ngoài, under Trịnh lords rule; and Southern Đàng Trong, under Nguyễn lords rule. Both lordships are nominally subservient to Later Lê dynasty, while in fact Later Lê dynasty holds sway over little Vietnamese land Gianh river serves as demarcation line
Second Đại Việt–Panduranga War (1653)		Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Tần	Panduranga	Victory
First Cambodia–Đại Việt War (1658)		Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Tần Barom Reachea V	Cambodia Ramathipadi I	Victory Capture of Ramathipadi I by Đại Việt
Second Cambodia–Đại Việt War (1674)		Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Tần Ang Nan	Cambodia Kaev Hua II	Victory Cambodia partioned into two halves, one ruled by Ang Nan, one by Chey Chettha IV
Third Đại Việt–Panduranga War (1693–1697)		Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Chu	Panduranga	Defeat Autonomy of Panduranga retained
Third Cambodia–Đại Việt War (1699)		Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Chu	Cambodia Chey Chettha IV	Victory
Fourth Cambodia–Đại Việt War (1708)		Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Chu Ang Em	Cambodia Thommo Reachea III Ayutthaya Siam	Victory Ang Em usurps the Kingdom of Cambodia
First Đại Việt–Siam War (1714)		Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Chu Cambodia Ang Em	Ayutthaya Siam Thommo Reachea III	Defeat Đại Việt loses suzerainty over Cambodia but annexes several border provinces of it
Hoàng Công Chất's rebellion (1739–1769)		Hoàng Công Chất (vi)	Đàng Ngoài Trịnh Giang (1739–1740) Trịnh Doanh (1740–1767) Trịnh Sâm (since 1767)	Victory
Lê Duy Mật's rebellion (1740–1770)		Lê Duy Mật	Đàng Ngoài Trịnh Doanh (until 1767) Trịnh Sâm (since 1767)	Victory
Nguyễn Hữu Cầu's rebellion (1743–1751)		Nguyễn Hữu Cầu	Đàng Ngoài Trịnh Doanh	Victory
Nguyễn Danh Phương's rebellion (1744–1751)		Nguyễn Danh Phương	Đàng Ngoài Trịnh Doanh	Victory
Đại Việt–Luang Phrabang War (1749) [1]		Đàng Ngoài Trịnh Doanh	Luang Phrabang Inthaphom	Defeat
Fifth Cambodia–Đại Việt War (1753–1756)		Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Khoát	Cambodia Chey Chettha VII	Victory
Second Đại Việt–Siam War (1771–1773)		Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Thuần Cambodia Outey II	Thonburi Siam Ang Non II	Defeat Ang Non II usurps the Kingdom of Cambodia Expulsion of Vietnamese forces out of Cambodia Decline of Nguyễn lords
Tây Sơn uprising (1771–1777)	First Tây Sơn campaigns (1771–1774)	Tây Sơn	Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Thuần	Rebel victory Tây Sơn controls areas spanning from present-day Quảng Ngãi to Bình Thuận Nguyễn Nhạc proclaims King of Tây Sơn
	Second Trịnh-Nguyễn War (1774–1775)	Đàng Ngoài Trịnh Sâm Tây Sơn	Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Thuần	Victory for Trịnh Trịnh lords capture Phú Xuân
	Gia Định campaigns (1776–1777)	Tây Sơn	Đàng Trong Nguyễn Phúc Thuần	Rebel victory Death of Nguyễn Phúc Thuần Nguyễn Ánh escapes to Thổ Chu Islands End of Nguyễn lordship Establishment of Tây Sơn dynasty in Đàng Trong

Tây Sơn dynasty (1778–1802)

Conflict	Event	Tây Sơn dynasty and allies	Opponents	Brief description
Third Đại Việt-Siam War (1785)		Đàng Trong Tây Sơn dynasty	Rattanakosin Siam Nguyễn Ánh	Victory Vietnamese forces repel the first ever Siam invasion of Vietnam Escape of Nguyễn Ánh to Siam
Tây Sơn–Trịnh War (1786)		Đàng Trong Tây Sơn dynasty	Đàng Ngoài Trịnh lords	Victory for Tây Sơn End of Trịnh lordship
Nguyễn Huệ–Nguyễn Nhạc conflict (1786)		Nguyễn Nhạc in Quy Nhơn	Nguyễn Huệ in Phú Xuân	Indecisive Vietnam divided into three parts: Nguyễn Nhạc reigns in the Central Nguyễn Huệ reigns in the North Nguyễn Lữ reigns in the South
Đại Việt–Qing War (1788–1789)		Đại Việt	Qing dynasty Lê Chiêu Thống	Victory Nguyễn Nhạc relinquishes titles and powers to Nguyễn Huệ Nguyễn Huệ (Quang Trung) proclaims Emperor Qing recognizes Quang Trung as ruler of Vietnam
Lê Duy Chỉ's rebellion (1791)		Đại Việt Supported by: Cambodia	Lê Duy Chỉ (Lê Chiêu Thống's brother) Vientiane Supported by: Rattanakosin Siam	Victory Tây Sơn troops reach Siam–Vientiane border and retreat
Tây Sơn–Nguyễn War (1792–1802)	Battle of Quy Nhơn (1799–1801)	Đại Việt	Nguyễn Ánh Supported by:   France Rattanakosin Siam Cambodia	Victory for Nguyễn Ánh Near-annihilation of Tây Sơn navy Turning point of the war
	Battle of Huế (1801)	Đại Việt	Nguyễn Ánh Supported by:   France Rattanakosin Siam Cambodia Nguyễn Ánh recaptures Huế
	Battle of Thăng Long (1802)	Đại Việt	Nguyễn Ánh Supported by:   France Rattanakosin Siam Cambodia	Victory for Nguyễn Ánh Establishment of Nguyễn dynasty Unification of Vietnam into Việt Nam

Nguyễn dynasty – Independent period (1802–1887)

Conflict	Event	Nguyễn dynasty and allies	Opponents	Brief description	Monarch
Cambodian rebellion (1811–1812)		Việt Nam Ang Chan	Rattanakosin Siam Ang Snguon	Victory Ang Chan retains the throne of Cambodia Decline of Cambodia and increasing dependency on Nguyễn dynasty	Gia Long
Phan Bá Vành's rebellion (1821–1827)		Việt Nam	Phan Bá Vành	Victory	Minh Mạng
Ja Lidong's rebellion (1822–1823)		Việt Nam	Ja Lidong	Victory
Anouvong's rebellion (1826–1828)		Vientiane Champasak Việt Nam	Rattanakosin Siam	Defeat Siam retains control over Laos Sack of Vientiane by Siam
Siam–Việt Nam War (1831–1834)		Việt Nam	Rattanakosin Siam	Victory Annexation of Tây Thành by Việt Nam
Lê Duy Lương's rebellion (1832–1837)		Việt Nam	Lê Duy Lương (vi) rebels	Victory
Lê Văn Khôi's rebellion (1833–1835)		Việt Nam	Lê Văn Khôi rebels	Victory
Nông Văn Vân's rebellion (1833–1835)		Việt Nam	Nông Văn Vân rebels	Victory
Ja Thak Wa's rebellion (1834–1835)		Việt Nam	Ja Thak Wa rebels	Victory
Đại Nam–Siam War (1841–1845)		Đại Nam	Rattanakosin Siam	Indecisive Joint Siamese-Vietnamese suzerainty of Cambodia.	Thiệu Trị
Cao Bá Quát's rebellion (1854–1856)		Đại Nam	Cao Bá Quát	Victory	Tự Đức
Cochinchina campaign (1858–1862)	Siege of Đà Nẵng (1858–1860)	Đại Nam	Second French Empire Spain Philippines	Victory
	Siege of Sài Gòn (1859–1861)	Đại Nam	Second French Empire Spain Philippines	Defeat
	Battle of Chí Hòa Fortress (1861)	Đại Nam	Second French Empire Spain Philippines	Defeat
	Capture of Mỹ Tho (1861)	Đại Nam	Second French Empire Spain Philippines	Defeat
	Capture of Biên Hòa (1861)	Đại Nam	Second French Empire Spain Philippines	Defeat
	Capture of Vĩnh Long (1862)	Đại Nam	Second French Empire Spain Philippines	Defeat Treaty of Saigon (1862) Cession of Biên Hòa, Gia Định, and Định Tường to the Second French Empire
Garnier Expedition (1873–1874)		Đại Nam Black Flag Army	French Third Republic	Defeat Treaty of Saigon (1874) Cession of Châu Đốc, Hà Tiên and Vĩnh Long to the Second French Empire
Tonkin campaign (1883–1886)	Capture of Nam Định (1883)	Đại Nam   Qing dynasty Black Flag Army	French Third Republic	Defeat
	Battle of Cầu Giấy (1883)	Black Flag Army	French Third Republic	Victory Death of Henri Rivière
	Battle of Thuận An (1883)	Đại Nam	French Third Republic	Defeat Treaty of Huế (1883)	Dục Đức (July 1883) Hiệp Hòa (July–November 1883) Kiến Phúc (December 1883–July 1884) Hàm Nghi (August 1884–September 1885) Đồng Khánh (since 1885)
	Sơn Tây campaign (1883)	Đại Nam   Qing dynasty Black Flag Army	French Third Republic	Defeat
	Bắc Ninh campaign (1884)	Đại Nam   Qing dynasty Black Flag Army	French Third Republic	Defeat Tientsin Accord
	Capture of Hưng Hóa (1884)	Đại Nam Black Flag Army	French Third Republic	Defeat Treaty of Huế (1884) Tonkin and Annam become French protectorates.
Sino–French War (1884–1885)		Qing dynasty Supported by: Đại Nam Black Flag Army	French Third Republic	Defeat Treaty of Tientsin (1885) Qing forced to diplomatically recognize French protectorate over Đại Nam

Colonial era

French Indochina (1887–1945)

Conflict	French Indochina and allies	Opponents	Brief description	Monarch
Yên Thế insurrection (1884–1913)	French Third Republic French Indochina	Hoàng Hoa Thám forces	Victory for French Indochina	Hàm Nghi (until 1885) Đồng Khánh (1885–1889) Thành Thái (1889–1907) Duy Tân (since 1907)
Cần Vương movement (1885–1896)	French Third Republic French Indochina	Hàm Nghi Tôn Thất Thuyết Tonkin: Nguyễn Văn Giáp Nguyễn Thiện Thuật Tạ Hiện Phạm Huy Quang Nguyễn Quang Bích Nguyễn Đức Ngữ Hoàng Đình Kinh Annam: Nguyễn Duy Hiệu Phan Đình Phùng Nguyễn Xuân Ôn Đinh Công Tráng Mai Xuân Thưởng Lê Thành Phương Tống Duy Tân Trịnh Phong Lê Trực Nguyễn Phạm Tuân Lê Trung Đình Trương Đình Hội Nguyễn Tự Như Cù Hoàng Địch	Victory for French Indochina
Franco-Siamese conflict (1893)	French Third Republic French Indochina	Rattanakosin Siam	Victory for French Indochina Annexation of Laos by French Indochina	Thành Thái
Cochinchina uprising (1916)	French Third Republic French Indochina	Cochinchina rebels Phan Xích Long	Victory for French Indochina	Duy Tân (until May) Khải Định (since May)
Thái Nguyên uprising (1917)	French Third Republic French Indochina	Thái Nguyên rebels	Victory for French Indochina	Khải Định
Yên Bái mutiny (1930)	French Third Republic French Indochina	Nationalist rebels	Victory for French Indochina	Bảo Đại
Nghệ–Tĩnh Soviets (1930–1931)	French Third Republic French Indochina	Communist rebels	Victory for French Indochina
Japanese invasion of Indochina (1940)	Vichy France French Indochina	Empire of Japan	Victory for Japan Occupation of Tonkin by Japan
Franco–Thai War (1940–1941)	Vichy France French Indochina	Thailand	Military indecisive Thai political victory Disputed enclaves returned to Thailand
Cochinchina uprising (1940)	Empire of Japan   Vichy France French Indochina	Communist rebels	Victory for French Indochina
Japanese coup d'état (1945)	Vichy France French Indochina	Empire of Japan	Victory for Japan Disestablishment of French Indochina Foundation of Empire of Vietnam
August Revolution (1945)	Third French Republic   Empire of Japan Empire of Vietnam	Việt Minh	Victory for Việt Minh Foundation of Democratic Republic of Vietnam Abdication of Bảo Đại End of monarchism in Vietnam

Republican era

North Vietnam (1945–1976)

Conflict	Event	North Vietnam and allies	Opponents	Brief description	General Secretary
Chinese troops enter Vietnam (1945)		Democratic Republic of Vietnam	Republic of China Vietnamese Kuomintang Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam Vietnam Revolutionary League Supported by:   France	Victory Ho–Sainteny agreement Republic of China forces withdraw from North Vietnam Vietnamese Kuomintang and Vietnam Revolutionary League start conflicting with Việt Minh	Hồ Chí Minh
Partisan conflict in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–1947)		Việt Minh Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam Socialist Party of Vietnam Democratic Party of Vietnam Vanguard Youth (Vietnam) Pro-Việt Minh Buddhists faction Pro-Việt Minh Cao Đài faction Pro-Việt Minh Catholics faction Anti-France Bình Xuyên	Vietnamese Kuomintang Front Vietnamese Kuomintang Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam Prosper Vietnam Party National Union Front Vietnam Revolutionary League Vietnamese Democratic Socialist Party Vietnamese Catholic League National Front Hòa Hảo Cao Đài Pro-France Bình Xuyên Supported by:   France   Republic of China	Victory Anti-Việt Minh parties and political organizations crushed
Operation Masterdom (1945–1946)		Việt Minh Bình Xuyên Hoà Hảo Cao Đài Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng	United Kingdom   British India   France   French Indochina   Japan	Defeat Restoration of French rule in Indochina First Indochina War
First Indochina War (1946–1954)	Hải Phòng incident (1946)	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh	France	Defeat
	Battle of Hà Nội (1946)	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh	France	Defeat Việt Minh evacuated to Việt Bắc
	Việt Bắc campaign (1947)	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh	France	Indecisive France fails to cripple Việt Minh leadership
	Border campaign (1950)	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh	France   State of Vietnam Supported by:   United States	Victory
	Operation Castor (1953)	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh	France   State of Vietnam	Defeat Successful French establishment of the Điện Biên Phủ outpost, a major site in Việt Minh's supply routes
	Battle of Điện Biên Phủ (1954)	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh Supported by:   China   Soviet Union	France   State of Vietnam Supported by:   United States	Victory 1954 Geneva Conference Independence of Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Kingdom of Laos and Kingdom of Cambodia French Indochina partitioned into four countries Operation Passage to Freedom
	Summary	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh Lao Issara (1946–1949) Pathet Lao (since 1949) Khmer Issarak United Issarak Front (since 1950) Supported by:   China (since 1949)   East Germany (since 1950)   Soviet Union (since 1952)	France   French Indochina Kingdom of Cambodia (since 1946) Kingdom of Laos (since 1947)   State of Vietnam (since 1949) Supported by:   United States (since 1950)   Republic of China	Victory 1954 Geneva Conference Independence of Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Kingdom of Laos and Kingdom of Cambodia French Indochina partitioned into four countries	Hồ Chí Minh
Second Indochina War (1955–1975) [lower-alpha 2] Including: Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War	North Vietnamese invasion of Laos (1958–1959)	North Vietnam Pathet Lao	Kingdom of Laos	Victory Beginning of the Hồ Chí Minh Trail Beginning of the Laotian Civil War	Hồ Chí Minh
	Battle of Ấp Bắc (1963)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam   United States	Victory
	Battle of An Lão (1964)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam	Victory
	Battle of Bình Giã (1964–1965)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam   United States	Victory
	Operation Rolling Thunder (1965–1968)	North Vietnam   China   North Korea	United States   South Vietnam	Victory
	Battle of Ba Gia (1965)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam	Victory
	Battle of Đồng Xoài (1965)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam   United States	Victory
	Battle of Ia Đrăng (1965)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	United States	Indecisive
	Operation Masher (1966)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	United States   South Vietnam	Defeat
	Operation Thayer (1966–1967)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	United States   South Vietnam   South Korea	Defeat
	Operation Cedar Falls (1967)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	United States   South Vietnam	Indecisive
	Operation Junction City (1967)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	United States	Indecisive
	Battle of Cồn Tiên (1967–1968)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	United States   South Vietnam	Defeat
	Operation Wheeler/Wallowa (1967–1968)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	United States	Defeat Mỹ Lai massacre
	Battle of Khe Sanh (1968)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng Pathet Lao	United States   South Vietnam   Kingdom of Laos	Indecisive Termination of McNamara Line
	Tết Offensive (1968)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	United States   South Vietnam   South Korea   Australia   New Zealand   Thailand	Tactical defeat Political victory
	Operation Speedy Express (1968–1969)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	United States	Defeat
	Cambodia campaign (1970)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng Khmer Rouge	United States   South Vietnam   Khmer Republic	Defeat Anti-Vietnam War protests escalate in the U.S. Political victory for the Khmer Rouge	Lê Duẩn
	Operation Lam Son 719 (1971)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng Pathet Lao	United States   South Vietnam   Kingdom of Laos	Victory
	Easter Offensive (1972)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	United States   South Vietnam	Indecisive
	Operation Linebacker (1972)	North Vietnam	United States   South Vietnam	Indecisive
	Operation Linebacker II (1972)	North Vietnam	United States   South Vietnam	Indecisive
	Battle of Ấp Đá Biên (1973)	North Vietnam	United States   South Vietnam	Defeat
	Battle of Svay Rieng (1974)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam	Defeat
	Battle of Phước Long (1975)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam	Victory
	Tây Nguyên campaign (1975)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam	Victory
	Huế–Đà Nẵng campaign (1975)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam	Victory
	Battle of Xuân Lộc (1975)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam	Victory
	Fall of Saigon (1975)	North Vietnam Việt Cộng	South Vietnam	Victory Communist takeover of South Vietnam Reunification of Vietnam
	Summary	North Vietnam Viet Cong and PRG Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge GRUNK (1970–1975)   China   Soviet Union   North Korea Supported by:   Albania   Bulgaria   Cuba   Czechoslovakia   East Germany   Hungary   Poland   Romania	South Vietnam United States   South Korea   Australia   New Zealand   Laos Cambodia (1967–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–1975)   Thailand   Philippines Supported by:   Taiwan   Malaysia   Singapore   Canada   West Germany   Italy	Victory Communist governments seize power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos Reunification of Vietnam Establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Fall of the Kingdom of Cambodia Foundation but eventual collapse of the Khmer Republic Foundation of the Democratic Kampuchea Beginning of the Cambodian genocide	Hồ Chí Minh (until 1969) Lê Duẩn (since 1969)

State of Vietnam (1949–1955)

Conflict	Event	State of Vietnam and allies	Opponents	Brief description	Chief of State
First Indochina War (1946–1954)
	Border campaign (1950)	France   State of Vietnam Supported by:   United States	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh	Defeat	Bảo Đại
	Battle of Vĩnh Yên (1951)	France   State of Vietnam Supported by:   United States	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh	Victory
	Operation Castor (1953)	France   State of Vietnam	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh	Victory Successful French establishment of the Điện Biên Phủ outpost
	Battle of Điện Biên Phủ (1954)	France   State of Vietnam Supported by:   United States	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh Supported by:   China   Soviet Union	Defeat 1954 Geneva Conference Independence of Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Kingdom of Laos and Kingdom of Cambodia French Indochina partitioned into four countries Operation Passage to Freedom
	Summary	France   French Indochina   State of Vietnam (since 1949) Kingdom of Cambodia (since 1946) Kingdom of Laos (since 1947) Supported by:   United States (since 1950)   Republic of China	Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Minh Lao Issara (1946–1949) Pathet Lao (since 1949) Khmer Issarak United Issarak Front (since 1950) Supported by:   China (since 1949)   East Germany (since 1950)   Soviet Union (since 1952)	Defeat 1954 Geneva Conference Independence of Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Kingdom of Laos and Kingdom of Cambodia French Indochina partitioned into four countries
Conflict around the State of Vietnam referendum (1955)		Pro-Ngô Đình Diệm groups National Revolutionary Committee Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party   Vietnamese National Army Supported by:   United States	Pro-Bảo Đại groups National All-Power United Front Bình Xuyên Hoà Hảo Cao Đài Vietnamese Kuomintang Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam Supported by:   France	Victory for Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm becomes president Establishment of South Vietnam

South Vietnam (1955–1975)

Conflict	South Vietnam and allies	Opponents	Result	President
Vietnam War (1955–1975)	South Vietnam United States   South Korea   Australia   New Zealand   Laos Cambodia (1967–1970) Khmer Republic (1970–1975)   Thailand   Philippines Supported by:   Taiwan   Malaysia   Singapore   Canada   West Germany   Italy	North Vietnam Viet Cong and PRG Pathet Lao Khmer Rouge GRUNK (1970–1975)   China   Soviet Union   North Korea Supported by:   Albania   Bulgaria   Cuba   Czechoslovakia   East Germany   Hungary   Poland   Romania	Defeat Communist governments seize power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos Reunification of Vietnam	Ngô Đình Diệm (until 1963) Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1967–April 1975) Trần Văn Hương (April 1975) Dương Văn Minh (April 1975)
1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt	Army of the Republic of Vietnam loyalists Presidential Guard	Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels   Republic of Vietnam Marine Division rebels Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division rebels	Victory Coup defeat	Ngô Đình Diệm
Buddhist crisis (1963)	South Vietnam	Buddhists	Indecisive Beginning of the 1963 South Vietnamese coup
1963 South Vietnamese coup	Army of the Republic of Vietnam loyalists Presidential Guard Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces	Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels   Republic of Vietnam Marine Division rebels   Republic of Vietnam Air Force rebels Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division rebels Supported by:   United States CIA	Defeat Coup success Revolutionary Military Council seize power Ngô Đình Diệm and Nhu arrested and assassinated, Lê Quang Tung and Hồ Tấn Quyền summarily executed Ngô Đình Cẩn arrested; tried and executed in May 1964 Republic of Vietnam weakens and becomes less resistant to the United States's influence
Montagnard rebellion (1964–1969)	South Vietnam	BAJARAKA FULRO	Victory	Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (since 1967)
January 1964 South Vietnamese coup	Revolutionary Military Council led by Dương Văn Minh	Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels led by Nguyễn Khánh	Defeat Coup success Military junta led by Dương Văn Minh ousted from power	Interregnum (various military juntas)
September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt	South Vietnam   Army of the Republic of Vietnam ruling junta	Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels	Success Coup defeat Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and Nguyễn Chánh Thi gain more leverage over junta leader Nguyễn Khánh
December 1964 South Vietnamese coup	High National Council	Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels	Coup defeat Coup success Dissolution of High National Council Nguyễn Khánh political victory
1965 South Vietnamese coup	South Vietnam   Army of the Republic of Vietnam ruling junta	Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels	Victory Original coup defeated Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and Nguyễn Chánh Thi then force Nguyễn Khánh from power and into exile
Buddhist Uprising (1966)	South Vietnam   Army of the Republic of Vietnam loyalists National Police	Army of the Republic of Vietnam rebels Buddhists monks	Victory
Northeast Cay incident (1968)	South Vietnam	Philippines	Defeat Capture of Northeast Cay and Southwest Cay in Spratly Islands by Philippines	Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
Southwest Cay incident (1970)	South Vietnam	Philippines	Victory Recapture of Southwest Cay in Spratly Islands by Republic of Vietnam
Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974)	South Vietnam   Republic of Vietnam Navy	China   People's Liberation Army Navy	Defeat Capture of Paracel Islands by China

Vietnam

Conflict	Vietnam and allies	Opponents	Result	General Secretary
Insurgency in the Central Highlands (1975–1992)	Vietnam	FULRO	Victory	Lê Duẩn (until July 1986) Trường Chinh (July–December 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (1986–1991) Đỗ Mười (1991–1997) Lê Khả Phiêu (1997–2001) Nông Đức Mạnh (since 2001)
Insurgency in Laos (1975–2007)	Vietnam   Laos	Hmong insurgents	Victory
Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1977–1989)	Vietnam FUNSK Post-invasion: 1979–1989:   Vietnam   People's Republic of Kampuchea 1989–1991:   State of Cambodia Supported by:   Soviet Union   Cuba   Poland   Czechoslovakia   East Germany	Democratic Kampuchea (1979–1982) Post-invasion:   CGDK/NGC (1982–1990) Khmer Rouge KPNLF FUNCINPEC   Thailand (border clashes) Supported by:   China   Thailand   Singapore   United Kingdom   United States   Romania	Victory Removal of the Khmer Rouge from power 1991 Paris Peace Accords
Sino–Vietnamese War (1979)	Vietnam	China	Stalemate Both sides claim victory	Lê Duẩn
Sino-Vietnamese conflicts (1979–1991)	Vietnam	China	Stalemate Normalization of bilateral relations	Lê Duẩn (until July 1986) Trường Chinh (July–December 1986) Nguyễn Văn Linh (1986–1991) Đỗ Mười (since 1991)
Thai–Laotian Border War (1987–1988)	Vietnam   Laos	Thailand	Victory Peace talks in Bangkok	Nguyễn Văn Linh
Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988)	Vietnam	China	Defeat Capture of Johnson South Reef by China

Notes

1. 258 BC is the current consensus. Some Vietnamese sources such as the Đại Việt sử lược and the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư contend that this event took place in 208 BC; whereas the Chinese Records of the Grand Historian dates the enthronement of Thục Phán in 218 BC, amidst the Qin campaign against the Baiyue.
2. Start date remains disputed, but North Vietnam did not intervene before 1959.

Citations

1. Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). History Dictionary of Laos (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 389. ISBN   978-0-8108-5624-0.