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Muang Soui was a land of war during the Lao Civil War and Operation Off Balance between 1961 and 1969. The city was partly occupied by Captain Kong Le's army at that time. Some of his military troops had settled east of Muang Soui in Phou Kout mountain, Phou Kout district and then others in Phonsavan and the Plain of Ja
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Muang Soui [42] was the name of the town until the end of 1975. After the Vietnam War, Muang soui reverted to Nong Tang as it was before. This city of Muang Soui which is Nong Tang today is located in between the east and the west which are Nong Het and Luang prabang. The distance between Muang Soui and Phonsavan is about 47.2 km to the east ...
Operation Counterpunch, waged 26 September 1970 to 7 January 1971, was a military offensive of the Laotian Civil War.Royalist General Vang Pao's guerrilla army regained the vital all-weather forward fighter base at Muang Soui on the Plain of Jars from the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).
Phou Khao Kham (Gold Mountain), (5 August – 25 September 1971) was a Royal Lao Government military offensive operation of the Laotian Civil War designed to clear Communist forces off Routes 13 and 7 north of the administrative capital of Vientiane.
After assembling separately at Luang Prabang, Vientiane and Muang Soui, a RLA/FAN task-force divided into three columns under the command of Major general Kouprasith Abhay – composed of the Neutralist 2e BP, two Mobile Groups (GMs) and three ADC hill tribal militia battalions backed by a Thai artillery battalion, with air support provided by ...
During their first six months of service, they fought him near Muang Soui. When the Vietnam War started in 1961 in Xiangkhouang province, members of the clan in Ban Phou Pheung Noi joined General Vang Pao at the Battle of Ban Pa Dong (Ban Pa Dong). These soldiers were allies of the CIA in its secret war in Laos. Some were killed, injured or ...
The Royal Lao Government forces in Military Region 1 of Laos had just been evicted from the crucial all-weather airfield at Muang Soui, as well as most of the Plain, on 28 June 1969. Hmong General Vang Pao planned a quick counter-offensive to recapture the airfield from his communist foe; it would kick off on 1 July, supported by 60 sorties per ...