Hmong News – Vietnam
Hmong Say Northern California Sheriff Is Out to Get Them
SACRAMENTO (CN) — Nestled under the dominating silhouette of Mt. Shasta in northernmost California is a bustling community of Vietnam war refugees and Hmong-Americans seeking solitude in normally tranquil Siskiyou County. Hundreds of newly settled Hmong …
NorCal Hmong, ACLU Take on Sheriff Over Voter Suppression
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Nestled under the dominating silhouette of Mt. Shasta in northernmost California is a bustling community of Vietnam War refugees and Hmong-Americans seeking solitude in normally tranquil Siskiyou County. Hundreds of newly …
The Untold Human Stories of Sapa, Vietnam
At 5:30 am when I alighted from the bus I noticed a flock of short Hmong women dressed in vibrant traditional outfits smiling and asking if I need a guide. Politely refusing them I took a taxi to reach the famous landmark – the Holy Rosary Church …
Ferris revealed as Torchlight marshal, Quarberg to lead Maple Leaf
He also has taught in other La Crosse area schools, alongside Hmong Lao veterans, about Hmong contributions and sacrifices for the U.S. efforts in the Vietnam War. A perpetually active member of local military organizations, Ferris has served in virtually …
Ceremony honors prisoners of war, and those still missing
A retired Army major general and former Hmong and South Vietnamese fighters will be among those marking national POW/MIA Day on Friday in Sioux Falls. Maj. Gen. Lynn Hartsell will be the keynote speaker in what will be the fifth year of the event at …
Frustrated with Sacramento leaders, armed citizen patrols respond to robberies of Asians
Speakers took turns addressing the crowd in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Hmong. But that unity evaporated by the end of the meeting as a long-running dispute within the Indochinese community spilled over, Phong said. Almost half the crowd walked out …
Talk radio host and lifelong educator vie for assembly seat in Wausau
Wright’s first education job as an ESL teacher for the Wausau School District was made possible in part by the city’s large population of Hmong refugees. After fighting for the CIA during the Vietnam War, the Hmong were violently driven to refugee …
Why are Asian Americans Politically Invisible?
High school dropout rates are led by Southeast Asians, including the Hmong and the Vietnamese.” Most Americans, she said, “don’t see that because we lump everyone together. We don’t see the pain and hardship.” Micro polling to disaggregate data …
Hmong woman keeps families together
Her daughter calls Mae Vang’s life a Cinderella story. Born in Laos during the Vietnam War, orphaned early, raised by a mean aunt, coming to America, marrying early as is her culture’s tradition, learning to parent as a teenager and eventually going to …
Hmong: US President Recognizes Long-Term Effects of Bombing Laos During Vietnam War
The US President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday, 6 September 2016, that Washington will spend US$90 million over three years to clean up unexploded bombs in Laos. Hmong refugees and their descendants in the US welcomed the initiative and hope that it …
Obama leaves for Laos, following pledge to clean up old bombs
“That issue has been ignored for over 40 years, and now our country is owning up for the mistakes it made during the Vietnam War,” said Kahm Yang of the Hmong American Center. This cleanup effort hits close to home for many in the Hmong community who still …
Hmong community reacts to President Obama’s pledge to help Laos
The Hmong community in Central Wisconsin is responding to President Obama’s pledge to help Laos. During a historic trip to the country, Obama pledged to give the country $90 million over three years to clear bombs left behind during the Vietnam War.
CIA spook recalls Thailand’s role in secret war
In Laos, he fought alongside thousands of anti-communist troops under General Vang Pao’s ethnic Hmong guerrillas, the Lao army and 4,000 US Special Forces-trained Thai “Tiger Soldiers” ( Tahan Sua Pran) against invading communist Vietnamese.
This Is Not an Apology
If Cambodia was the sideshow to Vietnam, then Laos was the sideshow to the sideshow. The CIA recruited among the Hmong people of Laos, and they proved to be some of our most loyal allies in whatever the hell it was we were trying to do over there and …
CIA spook recalls Thailand’s role in secret war
In Laos, he fought alongside thousands of anti-communist troops under General Vang Pao’s ethnic Hmong guerrillas, the Lao army and 4,000 US Special Forces-trained Thai “Tiger Soldiers” (Tahan Sua Pran) against invading communist Vietnamese. North Vietnam …
State Declassifies Documents on “Legendary Tony Poe” and his “Secret Army”
According to John Prados’s must-read biography of Poe for Unredacted, Poe went to Laos in March 1961 to train the Hmong to fight against the Vietnamese Communists. Hating paperwork and preferring the field, Po was content that a younger officer …
Obama’s Visit to Laos: Part 2—The Legacy of the War
During the Vietnam War, successive U.S. administration authorized a secret conflict in Laos, which came to include arming a large, mostly Hmong army, heavy bombing, and the insertion of small groups of CIA trainers and other contractors into the country.
A Weekend in Des Moines
But the producers’ stands—which seemed to be mostly run by local Hmong, Laotian, and Vietnamese farmers—had beautiful vegetables, some exotic, including these wacky little bitter melons (below), eggplants of all shapes and sizes, greens that have no …
