In the 1979 self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, although our army fought the Vietnamese army in the frontal battlefield and retreated one after another, due to various reasons, the mainland withdrew its troops at a critical moment, which also gave the Vietnamese a chance to breathe. So there was no winner in the war, and the Vietnamese, for their own pride, did not hesitate to continue to fight with China. Therefore, after the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, China and Vietnam engaged in a ten-year border war, and both sides suffered heavy losses, while Vietnam's losses were even more severe. Ten years of sino-Vietnamese war, the Vietnamese economy collapsed, soldiers could not afford to support their families, and the allowance was only enough for four bowls of rice noodles!
In fact, for Vietnam, going to war with China is not their wise move, because long before the Sino-Vietnamese war, they had been fighting for more than 20 years, and the national economy was already in a state of collapse. In the Vietnam War, in fact, Vietnam's national strength could not compete with the United States, because according to relevant information, the total per capita grain production in Vietnam at that time was only 270 kilograms, and the per capita GDP was only a pitiful $59.06, which can be said to be one of the poorest countries in the world at that time. The reason why Vietnam was finally able to defeat the United States was mainly due to the mainland's assistance, because the mainland provided them with more than $20 billion in material support for the sake of this socialist ally, which made them survive the most dangerous moment.
Unfortunately, Vietnam did not appreciate China's aid, but went to war with the mainland for the so-called dream of being a great power. Therefore, in the war of self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam, as long as our army captures a piece of Vietnamese territory, it will recover the aid materials from the mainland, and Vietnam will become poorer and poorer. So by 1979, Vietnam's per capita GDP had fallen to $58, and its domestic economy was even more miserable.
During the Ten Years of vietnam war, Vietnam's economy did not rise but fell, and due to the dilemma of its domestic economy, the salaries of the Vietnamese army were reduced by a large part, and the allowances were getting smaller and smaller. In 1989, each Vietnamese soldier received VND 3,500 a month, which looked good, but it was not worth anything at all, and the money was only enough for four bowls of rice noodles. Therefore, for the Vietnamese soldiers, they could not even afford to feed their families, and their enthusiasm and confidence in combat naturally dropped sharply. And this farce in Vietnam can only be hastily ended in the end.