The “border war” between China and Vietnam: lessons of the history and modernity

This collection consists of articles by Russian and Vietnamese scientists who participated in theRound table discussion on the subject: “Vietnam - China relations: the difficult search for agreement”, held at the Center for Vietnam and ASEAN studies, Institute for Far Eastern studies of the Russian Academy ofSciences, on February 20, 2019 and timed to the 40th anniversary of the 1979 “border war” between Chinaand Vietnam. The volume includes 12 articles by Russian and Vietnamese authors, divided into two parts. The first examines the conflict itself, its causes and consequences, the role of the Soviet Union, the lessons ofthis war. In the second part, the authors touch upon the actual problems of relations between the twoneighboring countries in the period from the normalization of relations in 1991 to the present day.

Vietnam - China relations, “border war”, position of socialism in the world, problem of the South China Sea, ASEAN, Belt and Road Initiative