Vietnam confirms completion of its troop withdrawal from Cambodia

Governments and UNHCR agreed on a regional framework combining first asylum, resettlement, voluntary repatriation, and refugee-status determination. The policy reduced irregular departures over time...

The conference brought states and UN agencies together amid a growing number of Vietnamese and other Indochinese asylum seekers. It addressed asylum, resettlement, screening, and return, making...

Participants adopted the CPA to combine temporary asylum, refugee status determination, resettlement, orderly departure, and voluntary return. It offered a regional framework but also linked continued...

The joint announcement expanded orderly departure opportunities for former re-education detainees and their families. The arrangement created a route for people who had been detained because of former...

Vietnam informed the United Nations that its military withdrawal had been completed by September 26. The departure followed years of conflict and occupation and preceded Cambodia’s negotiated...

The GAO reviewed the U.S. program for departures from Vietnam, including interviews, case processing, and former re-education detainees. Its report offers a U.S. oversight perspective on the program’s...

The Security Council adopted Resolution 668, welcoming the Cambodian parties’ efforts and endorsing the framework for a comprehensive political settlement. This step advanced a negotiated process that...

The U.S. government outlined steps linking progress on Cambodia and accounting for missing U.S. personnel to improved relations. The roadmap reflected U.S. diplomatic priorities and ongoing domestic...

A ceasefire began after an appeal by the UN Secretary-General and the foreign ministers of France and Indonesia. It created space for renewed negotiations, though fighting and political tensions...

The Communist Party convened its Seventh Congress in Hanoi during the reform era. Delegates reviewed Đổi Mới and set political and economic priorities as Vietnam sought to overcome isolation and...