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Sino-Vietnamese War
Part of the Second Indochina War, the Sino-American split and the Cold War

Map of Vietnamese cities that were attacked by China
Date31 January 1968  – 8 June 1969
(1 year, 4 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Location
China–Vietnam border, Northwest Vietnam, Northeast Vietnam
Result

Status quo ante bellum; Both sides claim victory

  • Chinese troops temporarily occupy Vietnamese territory along the China–Vietnam border before withdrawing
  • The Vietnamese government increase their expulsions of overseas Chinese from Vietnam
  • Continuation of border clashes between China and Vietnam until 1979
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Strength
  • Chinese claim:
  • 200,000 soldiers[1]
  • 400–550 tanks[1] and 60 APCs[2]
  • Vietnamese claim:
  • 600,000 soldiers[3]
  • 170,000–350,000 soldiers
  • 150,000 irregulars and militia[4]
Casualties and losses
  • Chinese estimate:
  • 6,954 killed
  • 14,800–21,000 wounded
  • 238 captured[1][5][6]
  • 76 tanks/APCs destroyed, 533 damaged[2]
  • Vietnamese estimate:
  • 62,000 casualties, including 48,000 deaths[7][8][9][10]
  • 420 tanks/APCs destroyed[11]
    66 heavy mortars and guns destroyed[11]
  • Western estimate:
  • 26,000 killed
  • 37,000 wounded
  • 260 captured[12]
  • Chinese estimate:
  • 42,000[8]–57,000 soldiers killed
  • 70,000 militia killed[5]
  • 1,636 captured[9][10]
  • 185 tanks/APCs destroyed[11]
  • 200 heavy mortars and guns destroyed[11]
  • 6 missile launchers destroyed[11]
  • Western estimate:
  • 30,000 killed
  • 32,000 wounded
  • 1,638 captured[6]
  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Nga, Đỗ Thu. "Trung Quốc – đi hùng hổ, về ê chê ở CT biên giới 1979: Nhìn số lượng và thiệt hại về xe tăng là biết". songdep.com.vn (in Vietnamese). Sống Đẹp. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. ^ Copper 2009, p. 71.
  4. ^ King V. Chen (1987): China's War With Việt Nam, 1979. Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, page 103
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference mil.chinaiiss.org was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b China at War: An Encyclopedia, p. 413, at Google Books
  7. ^ Howard, Russell D. (September 1999). "USAF Institute for National Security Studies, USAF Academy" (PDF). Regional Security Series. INSS Occasional Paper. 28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b Tonnesson, Bởi Stein (2010). Vietnam 1946: How the War Began. University of California Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780520256026.
  9. ^ a b Chan, Gerald (1989). China and international organizations: participation in non-governmental organizations since 1971 (illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 80. ISBN 0195827384. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  10. ^ a b Military Law Review, Volumes 119–122. Vol. 119. Headquarters, Department of the Army. 1988. p. 72. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2018. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |people= ignored (help)
  11. ^ a b c d e King C. Chen (1983). "China's war against Vietnam, 1979: a military analysis". Journal of East Asian Affairs. 3 (1). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  12. ^ Chen, King C. (1987). China's War with Vietnam, 1979: Issues, Decisions, and Implications. Hoover Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780817985738. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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