Viengxay District
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Viengxay is a district
(muang) of Houaphanh Province in north-eastern Laos
. It is home to the Viengxay caves
, the Nam Et National Biodiversity Conservation Area , and Phou Pha Thi mountain, site of the Secret War Battle of Lima Site 85
(LS-85) 11 March 1968.
Districts of Laos
Laos is divided into 16 provinces and 1 prefecture plus capital city municipality . Furthermore, 1 so-called special administrative zone existed between 1994 and 2006, when it was re-merged into its surrounding provinces...
(muang) of Houaphanh Province in north-eastern Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
. It is home to the Viengxay caves
Viengxay caves
The Viengxay caves in Houaphanh Province of North-Eastern Laos are an extensive network of caves in limestone mountains. Four-hundred eighty of these caves were used by the Pathet Lao during the Second Indochina War to shelter from American bombardment....
, the Nam Et National Biodiversity Conservation Area , and Phou Pha Thi mountain, site of the Secret War Battle of Lima Site 85
Battle of Lima Site 85
The Battle of Lima Site 85, also called Battle of Phou Pha Thi, was fought as part of a military campaign waged during the Vietnam War and Laotian Civil War by the Vietnam People’s Army and the Pathet Lao, against airmen of the United States Air Force 1st Combat Evaluation Group, elements of the ...
(LS-85) 11 March 1968.