Vang Pao (RPA: Vaj Pov [vâ pɔ̌], Lao: ວັງປາວ; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) [4] was a Major general in the Royal Lao Army [5] and later a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States.

2011年1月7日 · "Gen. Vang Pao, an iconic figure in the Hmong community and a key U.S. ally during the Vietnam War, died Thursday afternoon in Clovis [Calif.] after spending days in the hospital with pneumonia...

2011年1月8日 · Vang Pao, a charismatic Laotian general who commanded a secret army of his mountain people in a long, losing campaign against Communist insurgents, then achieved almost...

2011年1月7日 · Vang Pao, a revered former general in the Royal Army of Laos who led thousands of Hmong guerrillas in a CIA-backed secret army during the Vietnam War, has died. He was 81.

General Vang Pao was a pivotal Hmong military leader during the Secret War in Laos and the broader conflict in Southeast Asia. Born on December 8, 1929, in Houei Khi Thao, Xieng Khouang Province, Laos, Vang Pao began his military career by joining the French colonial forces during World War II, where he quickly distinguished himself.

2011年5月27日 · Gen. Vang Pao, an exiled leader from the Hmong hill tribe in communist Laos, was a CIA ally during the Vietnam War.

2024年9月28日 · 王宝（Vang Pao，1931年－2011年1月6日），著名老挝苗族将军，人称苗族雄狮。 王宝，1929年12月8日生于老挝东北部的川圹省（Xiangkhuang ）。 在第二次世界大战期间，日本入侵到印度支那时，他加入法属印度支那军队，抵抗日本侵略。

A three-way alliance arose: Vang Pao recruited and led a Hmong guerrilla force that would grow to a 30,000-man multi-ethnic irregular army. The PARU provided trainers, radio operators, and field...

2021年2月16日 · And what of Vang Pao? Vang Pao knew the importance of opium to his Hmong culture-a culture he was raised in. He knew from 1966 onward that the Hmong could only get their opium to market via CIA aircraft. Vang Pao dispatched his junior officers to buy opium from the tens of thousands of Hmong families scattered about northeast Laos.

In the mid-1990s, Vang Pao, aided by influential American diplomatic allies and vast numbers of Hmong-Americans, halted forced United Nations-sponsored repatriation back to Laos of thousands of Hmong refugees in Thailand. It was a major human rights victory for the Hmong.