Upper Laos campaign

First Upper Laos Campaign
	Part of the First Indochina War
Date	12 April – 18 May 1953
Location	Provinces of Phongsaly, Sam Neua, Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang (Kingdom of Laos)
Result	Việt Minh occupies parts of northern Laos; Pathet Lao resistance government established
Belligerents
Democratic Republic of Vietnam; Pathet Lao	French Union Kingdom of Laos;

The Upper Laos campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Thượng Lào) was a military campaign of the People's Army of Vietnam military campaign aimed at spreading Vietnamese communist influence to Laos in support of the Pathet Lao.^[1] While their advance on Luang Prabang ultimately failed, they managed to occupy parts of Phongsaly (see Battle of Muong Khoua), Sam Neua, Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang Provinces. Furthermore, Souphanouvong established his Laotian Resistance Government in Sam Neua.^[2]

References

Dommen, Arthur J. (2002). The Indochinese Experience of the French and the Americans: Nationalism and Communism in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253109255.