Did Vietnam have a policy of trying to dominate or bring in its sphere of influence Laos and Cambodia? If so what happened?

by ecoJamesbond

I read a little bit about this only when looking at Chinese history. I wanted to see if anyone had more information on this.

Teantis

In what time period? In the modern time period post-Khmer Rouge rule, Vietnamese influence on Cambodia has been extremely strong, and continues to the modern day. The pre-UN transitional authority -Cambodia (UNTAC) has often been referred to as a "puppet government" of Vietnam. UNTAC was in 1992, and allegedly replaced the Vietnam "puppet government" with a legitimate Cambodian government. In reality, the same figures held power and still do