The low point in Sino-Laotian relations came in 1979, with reports of Chinese assistance and training of Hmong resistance forces under General Vang Pao in China's Yunnan Province.
The town also produced some notable Hmong leaders including Touby Lyfoung and General Vang Pao.
Vang | Basil Pao | Vang Vieng | Vang Pao | Ming Pao | Wiang Pa Pao District | Vang, Oppland | Jonny Vang | Yue-Kong Pao | Ta Kung Pao | Pao On v Lau Yiu Long | La Vang |
Military Region II, in the northeastern section of Laos, was under Major General Vang Pao, the Hmong guerrilla war hero of Laos.
In 2012, she attended the official dedication of Vang Pao Elementary School in the southeast section of Fresno, California.