The Vietnam War took place in Southeast Asia and specifically the eponymous country.
The Vietnam War -LRB- Chiến tranh Việt Nam -RRB- , also known as the Second Indochina War , and known in Vietnam as Resistance War Against America -LRB- Kháng chiến chống Mỹ -RRB- or simply the American War , was a war that occurred in Vietnam , Laos , and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
Cambodia -LRB- -LSB- kæmˈboʊdiə -RSB- កម ព ជ , or Kampuchea -LSB- kɑmpuˈciə -RSB- -RRB- , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia -LRB- ព រ រ ជ ណ ចក រកម ព ជ , Preăh Réachéanachâk Kâmpŭchéa , -LSB- ˈprĕəh riəciənaːˈcɑk kɑmpuˈciə -RSB- -RRB- , is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
Laos , -LRB- -LSB- ˈlɑːoʊs -RSB- , -LSB- ˈlaʊs -RSB- , -LSB- ˈlɑːɒs -RSB- , or -LSB- ˈleɪɒs -RSB- ລາວ , -LSB- láːw -RSB- , Lāo -RRB- officially the Lao People 's Democratic Republic , -LRB- Lao : ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ , Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao -RRB- or commonly referred to its colloquial name of Muang Lao -LRB- Lao : ເມືອງລາວ , Muang Lao -RRB- is a landlocked country in the heart of the Indochinese peninsula of Mainland Southeast Asia , bordered by Myanmar -LRB- Burma -RRB- and China to the northwest , Vietnam to the east , Cambodia to the southwest , and Thailand to the west and southwest.
