Vang, an ethnic Hmong, was born on 8 December 1929,[3][4] in a Hmong village named Nonghet,[5] located in Central Xiangkhuang Province, in the northeastern region of Laos, where his father, Neng Chu Vang, was a county leader.
ວັງ, ຊົນເຜົ່າມົ້ງ, ເກີດໃນວັນທີ 8 ເດືອນທັນວາ 1929, [1] [2] ຢູ່ໃນບ້ານມົ້ງທີ່ມີຊື່ວ່າ Nonghet (ໜອງເຫັດ), [3] ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃນ ແຂວງຊຽງຂວາງ ພາກກາງ, ໃນພາກຕາເວັນອອກສ່ຽງ ເໜືອ ຂອງ ລາວ, ບ່ອນທີ່ພໍ່ຂອງລາວ, Neng Chu Vang, ເປັນຜູ້ນຳຂອງເຂດປົກຄອງ ຫລື ຄາວຕີ້.