Phu Quoc Island is located in southwestern Vietnam. Phu Quoc is located at 10 degrees 13 minutes north latitude, 104 degrees east longitude. Phu Quoc Island has an area of 568 square kilometers, Phu Quoc Island has a north-south length of 48 kilometers, a width of 27 kilometers between east and west, and the population of Phu Quoc Island is 75,000. The main cash crops of Phu Quoc are wood, pepper, cocoa, betel nut and coconut.
Phu Quoc Island
Phu Quoc Island
Phu Quoc Island
Phu Quoc has historically belonged to Cambodia. In the 10th century, the Kingdom of Cambodia emerged in the Indochina Peninsula, which at that time included present-day Cambodia, southern Vietnam, most of Laos, southern Burma, and most of Thailand. At that time, the Kingdom of Cambodia was the hegemon of the Indochina Peninsula, and Phu Quoc Island belonged to the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia at that time.
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Angkor dynasty
By the 17th century, the Kingdom of Cambodia had seriously declined in power. The Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty had already completed its conquest of the Zheng Po Kingdom in the 16th century, and Vietnam's territorial expansion had reached the Mekong Plain. At the beginning of the 18th century, the King of Cambodia proposed to the sixth princess of Nguyen Dynasty. The sixth princess asked Cambodia to take the Mekong triangle as a dowry and agreed that the Vietnamese people would come to the Mekong plain to escape the war. The Nguyen Dynasty first resettled the Mekong Plain and began garrisoning troops there. At the end of the 18th century, Vietnam already controlled the entire Mekong Delta, and Phu Quoc Island was also included in Vietnam's territory. At that time, Cambodia was not able to recover Phu Quoc.
Nguyen Dynasty
In 1858, France began its ascent to Indochina. France conquered Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. France also unified these three places to establish the French Indochina colony. At that time, in order to better manage Phu Quoc Island, France placed Phu Quoc Island and the Mekong Delta under Cambodian jurisdiction. At that time, Vietnam and Cambodia were both French colonies, and the two sides were unable to fight. France's transfer of Phu Quoc Island to Cambodia also laid the groundwork for Vietnam and Cambodia.
French Indochina
After World War II, the French army made a comeback. France once again returned to Indochina. The three Indochina countries, with the help of the eastern powers and socialist countries, successfully drove France out of Indochina. France announced that Phu Quoc would be part of Vietnam before retreating. Cambodia made representations to France, which ignored Cambodia.
Before the French retreated, they transferred state power in southern Vietnam to the last emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty, Bao Da Dharma. But the United States supported the American study abroad in southern Vietnam. South Vietnam established that South Vietnam belongs to the capitalist country. A military conflict broke out between Cambodia and South Vietnam over the territorial issue of Phu Quoc Island, and Cambodia lost to South Vietnam. Cambodia had to choose North Vietnamese negotiations. North Vietnam promised to return Phu Quoc to Cambodia if the reunification of Vietnam was completed. Cambodia promised North Vietnam that it would begin to use Cambodian territory for military activities. Under the pretext of Cambodia's support for North Vietnam, the United States bombed Cambodian territory on a large scale.
In 1975, North Vietnam crossed the 17th parallel and set off for Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. North Vietnam conquered Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, and renamed it Ho Chi Minh City. Cambodia demanded that North Vietnam return Phu Quoc, but the North Vietnamese refused.
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After Vietnam achieved national reunification, Vietnam itself considered itself the third military power in the world at that time. Vietnam considers the French legacy in French Indochina to be inherited by itself. A federation of Indochina was established with its own core, with territories that included present-day Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
Vietnam and Cambodia have repeatedly clashed in the waters off Phu Quoc. Cambodia lands on Phu Quoc. Vietnam used this pretext to wage war against Cambodia. Vietnam began its invasion of Cambodia for 10 years. Vietnam had several military conflicts with Thailand with Soviet support. Thailand, with U.S. support, has repeatedly won conflicts with Vietnam. Vietnam did not gain access to Thai territory.
Reunification of Vietnam
In 1989, Vietnam announced the withdrawal of troops from Cambodia. Vietnam has also controlled Phu Quoc until now.
Mekong Plain
Mekong Plain
Phu Quoc is about 69 kilometers from the Vietnamese coastline and about 11 kilometers from Bogo, the southern coast of Cambodia. Phu Quoc is a threat to the Cambodian coastline, and Cambodia has always wanted to recover Phu Quoc, but this wish cannot be realized because the military force cannot confront Vietnam. Vietnam has developed Phu Quoc Island into a tourist attraction, attracting a large number of tourists here.
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