Hmong News – Vietnam

Hmong News – Vietnam

Vietnam’s stolen girls

The Black Hmong and Red Dzao people who predominate here are no exception; Sapa’s tourism explosion has engendered a new normal of interacting with outsiders, leaving minorities perhaps even more exposed. I caught wind of what was happening in Sapa in late … Read Full Article

US continues to become one from many

Today many immigrants have come to the United States from Vietnam, India and Korea. The ethnic Hmong also have come to America as well. . The first Africans who came to the United States came as involuntarily slaves without rights. It took the Civil War …

Read Full Article

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 …

Read Full Article

Exciting Lao Cai Vietnam

Articles, black, cai, Lao, Vietnam /

But it’s a journey I’m very glad to have made, because it is the only realistic way for Western travellers to get to this quite remote, fascinating corner of the world, which seems occupied mostly by splendidly garbed tribal groups — Black Hmong …

Read Full Article

Today is the last day to register online; registration still allowed on Election Day

Articles, English, Lao, state, Vietnamese /

Voter registration applications are also available at every state agency, all 87 county offices and online in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Lao, Oromo, Khmer, Amharic, and Karen. To request an application in an alternative …

Read Full Article

Today is last day to pre-register to vote; Voters who miss deadline can still register on Election Day at their polling place

Articles, English, Lao, state, Vietnamese /

Voter registration applications are also available at every state agency, all 87 county offices throughout the state, and online in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Lao, Oromo, Khmer, Amharic, and Karen. To request an …

Read Full Article

Minnesota Sees Record-Breaking 73,400 Online Voter Registrations in 24 Hours

Voter registration applications are also available at every state agency, all 87 county offices throughout the state, and online in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Lao, Oromo, Khmer, Amharic, and Karen. Minnesotans who are …

Read Full Article

Minnesota sees record one-day online voter registration

Voter registration applications are also available at every state agency, all 87 county offices throughout the state, and online in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Lao, Oromo, Khmer, Amharic, and Karen. To request an …

Read Full Article

A Guide to Sapa, Vietnam’s Favorite Mountain Retreat

Cradled in the breathtaking Hoang Lien Son range amongst some of the country’s most dramatic rice terrace fields, Sapa in the province of Lao Cai is home to a number of ethnic groups, including the Black Hmong people. Over the years, it has also become a …

Read Full Article

Last Day to Register to Vote for November 8 Elections

Voter registration applications are also available at every state agency, all 87 county offices throughout the state, and online in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, Lao, Oromo, Khmer, Amharic, and Karen. Some people hoped the …

Read Full Article

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 …

Read Full Article

Uneven growth for WNC population, diversity since 2010

Articles, Asian, diversity, Laos, Vietnam /

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 …

Read Full Article

Uneven Growth for Western North Carolina Population and 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 …

Read Full Article

Survey Finds Racial Discrimination a Major Concern of Asian American Pacific Islanders Voters

The poll surveyed by telephone 274 Asian Indians, 59 Cambodians, 281 Chinese, 201 Filipinos, 151 Hmong, 286 Koreans, 147 Japanese, 295 Vietnamese and 291 Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Interviews were conducted in English, Mandarin, Cantonese …

Read Full Article

Author details family’s harrowing path from war to peace in Minnesota

She was looking for a book about her people, the Hmong, but the librarian explained they only had books on the Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese. “One day day some Hmong girl will find a book about her people on the bookshelves,” Yang said under her breath.

Read Full Article

Face of Defense: Airman Recalls His Journey to Freedom

He lived there until he was two years old, when he immigrated to the U.S. “My people, the Hmong, were recruited by the CIA to be part of a secret war,” he said. “After the Vietnam War ended, the Pathet Lao [communists] began persecuting the Hmong people.

Read Full Article

Asian-Americans Continue To Drift Away From The GOP, But It’s A Complicated Story

This is in stark contrast to Hmong-American respondents, 74 percent of whom supported accepting refugees. Vo said many of the Vietnamese-Americans she spoke with who aren’t welcoming of refugees tend to agree with the view that Syrian refugees are …

Read Full Article

AAPI survey: Filipinos comprise the highest support for Trump

The data analyzed came from the following ethnic groups: Asian Indian (274), Chinese (281), Filipino (201), Korean (286), Japanese (147) and Vietnamese (295), Hmong (151), Cambodian (59) and NHPIs (291). The interviews were conducted in English along with …

Read Full Article