Xam NeuaXam Neua, is the capital of Houaphanh Province, Laos.HistoryAfter fleeing from Phrae, deposed king Phiriya Thepphawong escaped from Northern Thailand to Luang Prabang, residing in Xam Neua from 1903-1909.ClimateDaily lifeIt 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], 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.