Hmong News – Vietnam
Austin to get new Asian grocery store; Check out the city’s three ‘Chinatowns’
Hmong, Thai, Laotian, Vietnamese, Tagalog and other Indic, Asian or Pacific Island languages) one can map areas dense with Indian, Asian and Pacific Island immigrants. Our map, below, shows the 10 percent of Austin Census Tracts with the densest population …
Mandarin’s Problem of Character Amnesia
Mandarin isn’t even the most complex of the tonal languages – Cantonese is said to have 9, Hmong 8, and Vietnamese 6. For any tonal language, there’s often disagreement about how many tones speakers really recognise and the number varies according …
Meet the new faces of farming
Language interpretation is available in Spanish, Hmong, Karen, Bhutanese, Vietnamese and Somali. To register, visit 2017imfc.eventbrite.com. More about Minnesota Food Association is at mnfoodassociation.org.
A Minnesota foods timeline
1965: The Pillsbury Doughboy is created and becomes a nationwide icon. 1970s: Vietnamese, Laotians, Cambodians, and Hmong refugees immigrate to the Twin Cities area beginning in the late 1970s, bringing the cuisines of Southeast Asia to the state.
Vietnam by motorcycle: History and culture on two wheels
Most riders find themselves here for at least a night to experience cultural home stays with the Hmong people. Farther north, the real adventure begins, with a ride to Ha Giang via the ethnic markets in Bac Ha. Sizable Ha Giang is the entrance to the Dong …
The NFL Moves On From Pink October
THE REFUGEE COMMUNITY THAT CLEANS UP LAMBEAU: How Green Bay’s Hmong, who fled Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War, have integrated in an American football mecca 4. Oakland (10-3). LW: 3. Losing position in the race for home-field advantage was a double …
From Laos to Wisconsin, and into the Heart of Packers Country
Xiong’s family is a part of the growing Christian subset of Green Bay’s most unexpected minority—the Hmong, a group of mostly refugees displaced from Southeast Asia by the Vietnam War and its aftermath. When Xiong entered high school, he got his …
Brave Aussie man risked his life to rescue two Vietnamese friends who had been kidnapped and sold as brides in China
“Even then she had absolutely no idea where she was in China. The girls from the Hmong tribe in Vietnam are often sntached “By that time she could understand some Chinese but she couldn’t read or write so she didn’t know the name of her cit
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 …
UK magazine suggests 10 things to do in Vietnam
Lunch and trekking with the Black Hmong “By far the most amazing experience I had in Vietnam was in the north, near Sapa, and the day spent with the Black Hmong Tribe, arranged through Ethos”, says Sarah Robinson. Danang mountain bike tour A nickname …
A Motorcycle Trip Through Northern Vietnam
Early the next morning, I found Bac Has market. Men in puffy jackets and women in the colorful dresses of the Flower Hmong ethnic group hawked vegetables, meat, coffee, textiles, plastics, electronics, and livestock. Shoppers carried bags with squirming …
Things to do in Vietnam: readers’ travel tips
By far the most amazing experience I had in Vietnam was in the north, near Sapa, and the day spent with the Black Hmong Tribe, arranged through Ethos. Our host, Ker, met us at our hotel in Sapa, and took us shopping for ingredients, which her brother in …
Books For Kids About Cambodia (ages 4 to 16)
I was working on book lists for Hmong, Lao, Vietnam, and Cambodia, but it turns out that there are few fiction books on their countries but quite a few on Cambodia. Like Japanese American books that mostly focus on WWII internment, many fiction books …
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 …
Veterans march on day honoring their service
Parade grand marshal Jerry Cochran, a Vietnam War veteran, was followed by a group of fellow Vietnam veterans, both walking and riding behind a tractor, and were followed by their comrades in arms, members the Hmong Army, who were U.S. allies in the war.
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 …
Reader feedback: ‘Allow the Asian community to have a voice and please don’t be our voice’
Our story Pho by any other name: The fight for the soul of Vietnamese cooking has continued to spark conversation, including this thoughtful letter by Yia Vang, a local Hmong chef who is working towards a restaurant of his own with his pop-ups and …
Vietnamese staple Mai Village to close after nearly 25 years in St. Paul
The Hmong American Partnership bought back the Mai Village building and agreed to lease it out to the family restaurant and use the second floor for its programming. Since then, Mai Village has been a participating member of the Green Line Checklist Food …
