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During the Angolan Civil War, Vietnam sent some 3000 troops to Angola to fight alongside the MPLA and the Cuban forces .

Sources: Book: NEW PATTERNS OF STRATEGIC. CONFLICT IN SOUTHEAST Asia. By JUSTUS M. VAN DER KROEFPage:60

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