Nong Het

It is located along Route 7, 119 kilometres (74 mi) east of Phonsavan, along the road which passes through Muang Kham and Ban Na Sala on the way to Nong Haet.

[3] Nong Het has a turbulent history of battles between the Ly and Moua warriors, Red Laotians and the Hmong.

[6] The strategical position of Nong Het meant that it was an "important resupply and transshipment point" during the Indochinese and Vietnam War, and contained "approximately a dozen NVA warehouses".

[7][self-published source] French colonial leader Doussineau was based at Nong Het during the Japanese invasion.

[9] The Vietnamese built a 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)-long road from Muong Xen to Nong Het to ease the transportation of Communist units to the Hmong base camp.