Tag: Guiana
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Patisserie owner Marc Heu found a home in Minnesota’s Hmong community
Unlike many Hmong families who sought refuge in the United States after the Vietnam War, Marc Heu’s family located to French Guiana in South America. He says growing up in French Guiana was difficult … Full story: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/05/01/patisserie-owner-marc-heu-found-a-home-in-minnesotas-hmong-community
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From Laos to French Guiana: The story of the Hmong people
After fighting alongside the French in the Indochina war and the Americans during the Vietnam War, the Hmong people were forced to flee Laos when the Communists took power. On their arrival in … Read Full Article
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How Marc Heu conjured St. Paul’s premier French pastry destination
Chef Marc Heu was born in France to Hmong parents who fled their native Laos as refugees after the Vietnam War. At the age of three, Heu’s family moved to French Guiana, where they built a farm to … Read Full Article
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French pastry comes to Frogtown at Marc Heu Patisserie Paris
It was a return to France for Heu, who was born in Saint Remy to a Hmong family that fled Southeast Asia following the Vietnam War. He was 3 years old when his family relocated to French Guiana, a … Read Full Article