To this day， both sides of the conflict describe themselves as the victor。 The number of casualties is disputed， with some Western sources putting PLA casualties at more than 20，000 throughout the war。 Chinese democracy activist Wei Jingsheng told western media in 1980 the Chinese troops had suffered 9，000 deaths and more than 10，000 wounded during the war，[26] but recent leak shows that the PLA had 6，954 killed and 14，800 wounded，[4] and 238 Prisoners of War [27] in the course of the war。

1979年中越战争罕见老照片

　　至于他们自己的伤亡数据，越南政府守口如瓶。中国宣称打死越南正规军100，100人，打伤一万多人，俘虏2210人。至于消灭了多少民兵，中国政府没有相关统计。不过，越南的一个省委党报曾透露，战争期间约有二十万“平民”被打死。

　　There are no independently verifiable details of Vietnamese casualties; like their counterparts in the Chinese government， the Vietnamese government has never announced any information on its actual military casualties。 The Nhan Dan newspaper[24] the Central Organ of the Communist Party of Vietnam claimed that Vietnam suffered more than 200，000 civilian deaths during the Chinese invasion[24] and earlier on May 17， 1979， reported statistics on heavy losses of industry and agriculture properties。[24]