16 July 1978

@Muhamma62071531 One official reason is some sort of retaliation that many Chinese merchants left Vietnam in May, because the currency of South Vietnam was put of circulation & currency controls were introduced. More likely: China is allied with Cambodia in the escalating border conflict with🇻🇳

July 5, 1978: Khmer Rouge cadre An singles out CHEN Din as the ringleader of 7 traitors planning to destroy collective properties in Chamkar Sieng so that it would again become private: https://t.co/ltiWtc3hpy