How did communist rule by the Vietnam-backed government differ from communist rule under the Khmer Rouge?

After Vietnam ousted the Khmer Rouge in 1979, the Vietnam-backed government remained communist and authoritarian, but it ended the Khmer Rouge’s most extreme policies, including mass forced labor and executions. Compared with Khmer Rouge rule, the new government allowed a more ordinary social and economic life, so it was more liberal.

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