Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tun da Mekong ya ware Sainuyabuli daga sauran lardunan Laotian tare da ƙauyukan Hmong, yaƙe-yaƙe a lokacin
Yaƙin basasa na Laotian wanda ya shafi sauran ƙauyukan Hmong galibi bai shafi Sainyabuli ba. Yawancin ƙauyukan Hmong a Sainyabuli ba su ga wani yaƙi ba. Houaysouy ƙauyen Hmong ne a Sainyabuli wanda ba shi da yaƙi a lokacin Yaƙin basasa na Laotian, kuma Vang Pao bai ɗauki ko ɗaya daga cikin mutanensa ba. Bayan yaƙin, Anne Fadiman, marubuciyar littafin nan "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down", ta ce ƙauyen "ya shiga cikin yaƙin siyasa tare da sauran ƙasar". Sojojin Vietnam da ke mamaye sun ɗauki mazaunan ƙauyen a matsayin masu cin amana kuma sun tsananta musu. A cikin 1979 kimanin mambobi 400 na dangin Lee, Vang, Xiong, da Yang sun yi ƙoƙarin tserewa daga ƙauyen. Iyalin Lia Lee, batun "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down", sun samo asali ne daga Houaysouy.