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.
According to Wikipedia, about 3 million were killed during the Civil War. However, a famine that was caused by the war and occurred in 1921 caused roughly 6 million more deaths and millions more died from disease and generally horrible conditions in the years of the Civil War. So a death toll of around 10-15 million is not unreasonable for this period. But again its not Stalin.