It is said that there is a communist re-education camp in Xam Neua and that it was the
Pathet Lao capital during the
Laotian Civil War Battle of Lima Site 85 (LS-85), 11 March 1968. It is near the Pathet Lao refuges in the
Viengxay Caves, which the Lao government hopes to promote as a tourism destination similar to the
Củ Chi tunnels near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and the
Killing Fields Memorial near Phnom Penh in Cambodia. It is near
Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area (pronounced "naam et poo loo-ee"). Image:Sam Neua - Main street.JPG|Sam Neua's main street Image:Sam Neua - Wat Pho Xai.JPG|Wat Pho Xai Image:Sam Neua - Building Lao Front for National Construction.JPG|
Lao Front for National Construction building, Xam Neua == References ==