Hmong News – Laos
Long Beach Hmong Community To Celebrate New Year
It may seem a bit early, but a New Year will be celebrated this weekend, with the Hmong New Year Festival. The event gives thanks for the harvest and the upcoming season, organizers said. Many Hmong Americans are from Laos, but other countries they …
Spring 2017 Announcements: Poetry
Mai Der Vang. Graywolf, Apr. 4 The 2016 Walt Whitman Award–winner devastatingly describes the Hmong exodus from Laos; the fate of thousands of refugees, including her family; and Hmong resilience in exile. Graham conjures an array of voices as she …
Hmong: Steve Ly First Member of Diaspora to Be Elected Mayor in the US
Steve Ly has just made history by being elected as the first Hmong mayor in the United States. He fled Laos at the age of four and came to the US as a refugee after its “Secret War” had ended in 1976. Ly wants his story to inspire next generations of …
Southeast Asia Is a Mirrored World at the 2016 Singapore Biennale
While many of artists at the Biennale are established, Ho says Phasao Lao and Tchieu Siong, a Hmong couple from Laos, don’t consider themselves contemporary artists. The husband, Lao, is the village shaman, and together the couple produce textile works …
Timeline: Hmong
During the Vietnam War (1955-1975), the Hmong people were recruited by US forces – and in particular the CIA – to counter the invasion of Northern Laos and attack North Vietnamese supply lines in an operation which is sometimes referred to as the US …
Steve Ly Becomes Nation’s First Hmong Mayor In Elk Grove
Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly, formerly a Laotian refugee, has a story to share as the nation’s first Hmong mayor. Ly’s family fled Laos while an internal conflict was killing thousands of civilians in the southeastern Asian country. Ly barely spoke English …
Flavors from around the world
Serve with turkey. Serves 8 to 12. Hmong Egg Roll Stuffing Choua Der Moua and Nhia Vang Moua found asylum in the United States three decades ago as Hmong refugees from Laos, where November is the time of new rice, a cause for feasting. By happy coincidence …
Immigrant ingenuity: Five Madison immigrants persevere in building businesses
A Hmong refugee from Laos, she spoke fluent Lao, Hmong and French. Science and math were simple. English was a struggle. She moved on to Madison Area Technical College after high school, but her English was still poor. A tutor at the school pointed a …
Hmong: Fortieth Anniversary of Diaspora in Wisconsin as an Occasion to Reflect on Continued Intolerance and Racism
Beginning in 1976, many Hmong fled from the war in Vietnam and Laos and sought refuge in United States. Wisconsin has become home to one of the largest Hmong communities in the US. Yee Leng Xiong – member of the Marathon County Board of Supervisors …
Rural Retreat: Explore the diverse markets of Northern Vietnam’s highlands
The Hmong people are an ethnic group who originate in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, they are made up of several sub-groups including Flower Hmong, White Hmong and Black Hmong. Visiting the lesser known markets of the North …
U.S. allies in Vietnam War recognized for their service
The special ceremony paid tribute to Lao/Hmong soldiers. Many don’t know that people from Laos fought alongside American troops. They were recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. Special Forces to join the United States Secret Army Special …
Singapore Biennale 2016: Mirror Mirror
Two of these works are by Hmong-Laos artists, Phasao Lao and Tcheu Siong. The married couple contribute to each other’s distinct artistic practices. “Siong assists her husband by performing minor tasks in sewing and composition; and Lao, as the village …
New Hmong congregation starting at Olivet UMC in Robbinsdale
There has been a lot of growth in the Hmong community in the northwest suburbs recently. An estimated 25,000 Hmong people, an ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, now live in this quadrant of the Twin Cities metro …
The Low-Key Pleasures of Laos
Hiking to the Kuang Si Falls through small Hmong villages and rice fields is one of my favorite things to do because it offers a glimpse into Lao daily life. Contact Tiger Trails Outdoor Adventures and make a special request, as this day hike is not …
Cambodian deportations alarm many in Twin Cities Hmong community
Hmong leaders are voicing alarm over diplomatic talks they fear could spur deportations to Laos for the first time since the Hmong started arriving here four decades ago. Fueling these concerns are impending deportations that have roiled local Cambodians …
Deportations to Cambodia stoke fear in Twin Cities Hmong community
Hmong leaders are voicing alarm over diplomatic talks they fear could spur deportations to Laos for the first time since the Hmong started arriving here four decades ago. Fueling these concerns are impending deportations that have roiled local Cambodians …
Why Woodside resident has devoted decades to restoring World War II command vehicle
His work in experiential education took him to refugee camps in the Philippines and Thailand for Amerasian children and boat people from Vietnam, Hmong from Laos, and Khmer from Cambodia. He also worked for a while on the Thailand/Burma border with the …
Uneven growth for WNC population, diversity since 2010
A sizeable Hmong population in Burke County gives it the highest Asian population percentage in WNC at 4.0 percent, though larger Buncombe has more actual number of Asian residents. The Hmong are native to Laos and Vietnam, with many immigrating to the …
