Hmong News – Vietnam
Board of Regents student reps push to separate UMN race data
Accounting for ethnic subgroups, around 35 percent of Hmong and Laotian people and 50 percent of Vietnamese people have received higher education. Minnesota has one of the highest education achievement gaps the nation. The U.S. Department of Education …
‘A Great Place to Have a War’: The CIA’s adventure in Laos while Vietnam raged
Agents such as Bill Lair, a Texan who’d been a CIA operative in the region for more than a decade by 1961, lived among the Hmong people in the mountains. The Hmong would be considered poor even in one of the poorest countries on Earth, but they were esse …
Review: ‘A Great Place to Have a War’ by Joshua Kurlantzick
The war in Laos (1961-1975) brought the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and Hmong together as allies when the agency engaged the Hmong to fight the North Vietnamese and the Communist Pathet Lao. Author Joshua Kurlantzick has written an authoritative …
For Centuries, These Asian Recipes Have Helped New Moms Recover From Childbirth
Nguyen not only volunteered to do research, but led a group of 13 undergraduate students who spent the past two years interviewing relatives and collecting recipes spanning six Asian ethnicities: Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Hmong, Cambodian and Filipino.
While the Vietnam War raged, the CIA fought another war in Laos
Agents such as Bill Lair, a Texan who’d been a CIA operative in the region for more than a decade by 1961, lived among the Hmong people in the mountains. The Hmong would be considered poor even in one of the poorest countries on Earth, but they were esse …
State’s face is changing; we need to adjust
By the end of the 20th century, that stereotypical view of Minnesota was changing. Large numbers of Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, Chinese, Hispanic, African and Middle Eastern people settled in various parts of the state. In some communities …
You have to see these Sony World Photography Awards images
A Hmong woman watching sunrise moment at Mu Cang Chai Rice Terrace. This region of northwest Vietnam is poor and relatively undeveloped but very rich in natural beauty. It has been recognised as one of the unique landscapes of Vietnam.
Here’s Where Major Religions Actually Stand On Vaccines
Objections to vaccinations are sometimes rooted more in culture than religion. Among the Hmong people, a minority ethnic group from southeast Asia who began immigrating to the U.S. during the Vietnam war, the notion of vaccines is largely foreign.
You have to see these Sony World Photography Awards images
A Hmong woman watching sunrise moment at Mu Cang Chai Rice Terrace. This region of northwest Vietnam is poor and relatively undeveloped but very rich in natural beauty. It has been recognised as one of the unique landscapes of Vietnam.
Lao Morning News For March 30
The war in Laos (1961-1975) brought the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and Hmong together as allies when the agency engaged the Hmong to fight the North Vietnamese and the Communist Pathet Lao. Vientiane tourism authorities are planning to open a …
Letter to the Editor: Supporting affirmative action
Based on U.S. Census Bureau data, the educational attainment of Hmong, Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans is the lowest among Asian-American ethnic groups and similar to those of Latinos and African Americans.” The assumption that affirmative …
Review: A non-fiction look at the CIA war in Laos
The war in Laos (1961-1975) brought the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and Hmong together as allies when the agency engaged the Hmong to fight the North Vietnamese and the Communist Pathet Lao. Author Joshua Kurlantzick has written an authoritative …
White women told to stop the ‘cultural appropriation’ of wearing HOOP EARRINGS because they are the result of ‘oppression and exclusion’ of people of color
Hoop earrings continued to remain a consistent fixture in fashion for many years, with i-D reporting that the trend was picked up by everyone from the Hmong women of Vietnam to the Gadaba tribe of India. In the United States, the accessory became …
May I ask: What is your ancestry or heritage?
Connecticut includes individuals whose ancestry is Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Taiwanese, Burmese, Cambodian, Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Laotian, Thai, Vietnamese, Samoan, Singaporean, Malaysian, Timorese, Bruneian, Bangladeshi, Bhutanese …
Hanoi: Exploring a Thousand-Year-Old Vietnam Vacation Highlight
But it doesn’t stop there. Home to a variety of ethnic minorities including the Hmong, the Dao, Giay, and Tay peoples, this is one of the most colourful and varied towns in Vietnam, even with its small size. Active travellers may want to embark on a hill …
Explore the Many Facets of Vietnam
Some minorities have dwindled to only a few hundred members. The largest – the Tay, Tai, Hmong and Muong – each number an estimated 1 million people. My immersion in these colorful cultures came during walks along gently sloping paths and narrow dirt roads …
Hmong vets join Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans event
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans, the program that honors and remembers Shasta County soldiers who were killed in the war, had a few extra guests to recognize Saturday. They were about 20 Hmong soldiers who fought next to American troops as a “secret …
Special group plates are available in Wisconsin, for a price
ranging from a plate for fans of the Milwaukee Brewers, to a plate for Laotian or Hmong veterans who served with American troops in the Vietnam War.
