In November 2015, unrest broke out in the province, killing three soldiers and three civilians.

The Lao government imposed a curfew in the north-central part of the province in early-December, but in January 2016 a bomb was set off at a road construction site near Pha Nok Nok village in the district, killing two Chinese officials and injuring another.

On 30 December, a bomb had previously been defused at Namphanoy village along the same road.

As a result, on 16 February 2016, Major General Thongloy Silivong, a military officer who is the former chief of the National Defense Academy, was appointed the governor of Xaisomboun Province to tighten control.

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