Insurgency in Laos

Part of the Third Indochina War

Date	3 December 1975 (1975-12-03) – present (all three rebel factions quelled by 2007)
Location	Hmong: Central and Northern Laos (1975–present) Royalist, Right-wing: Southern Laos (1980s–early 1990)
Status	No defined conflict reported 2007 Hmong coup attempt, allegedly organized by Hmong refugees in the United States, crushed by Laos forces Plotters in America brought to trial (all charges dropped) Lao-Vietnamese collaboration has ended any notable confrontation within Lao borders Pockets of active, armed resistance combatants still exist Hmong who fled to Thailand have since been forcibly repatriated; others immigrated to the U.S., as well as French Guiana Further plots for a revolution or a coup in Laos initiated by Hmong citizens living in the U.S have been alleged, yet no conclusive evidence has been made public so far.

Belligerents

Laos

Vietnam

North Vietnam (to 1976)

Soviet Union (to 1978)

Hmong insurgents

Ethnic Liberation Organization of Laos
(1984–)
United Front for the Liberation of Laos (1980–)

Royal Lao Democratic Government (1982)

Chao Fa (to 1984)
Lao National Liberation Front
Lao United Independence Front
Free Democratic Lao National Salvation Force National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (1979-1983: limited involv.)

Supported by:
China (PRC) (to 1988)
Democratic Kampuchea (to 1979)
Khmer Rouge (1980 to 1981)
Party of Democratic Kampuchea (1981 to 1990)
Thailand (Rightists: early to mid-1980s) (Hmong: to 1990)
United States (Hmong: 1990)
Neo Hom (support. 1981-)
Royal Lao Government in Exile

Various Hmong exiles

Commanders and leaders

Unknown

Casualties and losses