Vietnam, Cambodia aim to solve land issues in 2000 HANOI - Vietnam and Cambodia will try to settle outstanding land border disputes by the end of this year, official media reported on Friday. The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said the deadline was set at a recent meeting in southern Ho Chi Minh City between officials from both sides. Vietnam and Cambodia, which have a long history of animosity, had previously set a deadline of resolving the issue by the end of 1999. VNA gave no reason for the delay. Joint technical teams would soon visit disputed land border areas, VNA said. Diplomats have said the current framework of talks do not cover sea boundaries, where they say both nations also have disagreements. Vietnam has placed high priority on resolving outstanding border issues, and last month signed a deal with northern neighbor China that settled their land disputes. That agreement did not cover various disputed sea boundaries. Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia in late 1978 after repeated border incursions by Khmer Rouge soldiers and toppled Pol Pot's murderous regime before installing a sympathetic government eventually led by current Prime Minister Hun Sen. Hanoi withdrew its forces from Cambodia in 1989. Ethnic Vietnamese have lived in Cambodia for generations but have been regular targets for attacks in a country where some people still harbor fears of being dominated by their much larger neighbor. Reuters - January 21, 2000.