Why Vietnam does not thank Cambodia on April 30, 1975?
During the Vietnam War, some 3 million Vietnamese people and military died, while the US military killed about 60,000.
What role does Cambodia play in helping Vietnam become more united?
Historians point out that the point in which Cambodia assists Vietnam is to be united, Sihanouk has allowed North Vietnamese to take some of the land in the east to transport food and weapons against South Vietnam, which has been supported by the United States.
Historical professor at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Vong Sotheara said that to take South Vietnam from American rule, the North Vietnamese leaders had a good relationship with Cambodia and used some of the land in eastern Cambodia. "Vietnam has established a trail in Rattanakiri Mondulkiri and is active in the eastern part of the Mekong River, or near the liberation of South Vietnam between 1964 and 1975," he said.
Consequences After Cambodia opened the Ho Chi Minh trail to North Vietnam, transporting food and weapons to attack South Vietnam, the US-controlled South Vietnamese dropped bombs on Cambodian territory to prevent northern Vietnam. Finally, North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam and declared Vietnam the same on 30 April 1975.
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a strategic route leading North Vietnam to defeat the United States and to rule South Vietnam. South and North Vietnam are far from each other, and without the Ho Chi Minh trail as a shortcut, North Vietnam can not win, and Vietnam can be divided into two Koreas.
Political scientists have also suggested that the cause of American bombings made politicians in Cambodian society worsen until the coup in 1970 and the 1975 coup pulled Cambodia down in the aftermath of the war.
However, during the 41st anniversary of Vietnam's unity on April 30, 2016 as well as the event, Vietnamese leaders have never thanked Cambodia.
In particular, the Cambodian leadership during the commemoration of the anniversary of the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime on January 7 marks the anniversary of the Vietnamese invasion.
Mr. Vong Sotheara said that in the history of Cambodia and Vietnam, since the 17th century, "the mutual assistance of Vietnam and Cambodia since the early 17th century, so that only Khmer people can never thank Vietnam again, Vietnam has never forgot to ask for Khmer terms."
An international professor of international relations, Sambath, said that the reason Vietnamese never spoke of Cambodia's advantages was because the Vietnamese thought that Cambodia was in Indochina, which it ruled: "Vietnam never considers Cambodia equal or higher, Vietnam always considers itself the leader in Indochina."
Historical documents show that the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which dates from 1959-60, came from North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia to South Vietnam, and transported in 1964-65, resulting in the American bombing of about 2.5 million tons of rice, resulting in 100,000 to 100,000 Cambodians.
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