During December, the weather north of Danang (and the Hai Van Pass) can be cool and rainy. January through March are optimal months to travel the length of Vietnam (combined with humidity, it is not as cool as the chart below reflects). However, Sapa does not thaw until around the first week of March.
During the Cambodian Genocide of 1975-1979, approximately 1.7 million people lost their lives (21% of the country's population), it was one of the worst human tragedies â¦ of the 20th century. 23 people found this useful.
However, many Hutu died in refugee camps in Zaire, Tanzania and Burundi. The cholera epidemic in Goma is believed to have taken around 30,000 lives (Prunier, 1998, p. 303). Also, an unknown number of Hutu were killed by the RPF, both in the course of combat and in acts of revenge after the genocide.