Comments on: Letters from Vietnam: The Hmong People – Reclaiming Lost Skills

By: Mainhia K

Mainhia K — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:09:46 +0000

These pictures really hit home. Thank you so much for sharing these photos with us. It truly means a lot to us. Thank you.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:30:36 +0000

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By: Pang Xiong

Pang Xiong — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:29:18 +0000

Craig, this was a beautifully written story. Not only did I learn more about where I came from, but I can walk away today knowing how proud I am to be Hmong.

By: moua

moua — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:55:17 +0000

Thanks so much for this great article Craig. I really appreciate you and all journalist who often take the time to find distant, remote, and intriging stories to bring back and share. Stories like this always touches my heart because these are my people, even though I have never been to Vietnam. Talking bout where we really originated from? I hope someday we find out. Did you know that Hmong people are probably the only Southeast Asian group, perhaps the only asian group that have a recessive gene for Blond Hair and White Skin?(both parents with Asian feature, yellow skin, black hair) It’s not albino white, but normal white skin and blond hair. The feature is all Asian, but the skin and hair?…all eastern Eruopean blond and white. Even the siblings are like that. Anyway, thanks again for sharing your experience with my people.

By: david cook

david cook — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:27:03 +0000

I love Vietnam and the food, music, culture vietnamese people are wonderful. I wish a day i come back to visit. Vietnam Dep.

By: hmong

hmong — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:43:39 +0000

Keep up the good work. Helpful info on your post and interesting too. Hmong culture is so amazing.

By: Seng Thao

Seng Thao — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:38:25 +0000

Wow great stuff. I’m in deed happy to see this post of my people and the life my parents were force to leave behind. I’m looking forward to going to Vietnam next year after I make my stop in China. I’ll be in search of Genealogy if possible. Thanks

By: Pheng Lor

Pheng Lor — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:34:07 +0000

Hi Craig,

I am a “white” Hmong lives in Califonia and would like to thank you for sharing the Hmong in Vietnam’s story to all of us. I really enjoy reading your article. It makes me wanting to read more about the Hmong there. Great Story!

Thanks.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:41:30 +0000

Craig, thanks for the info. It was kind of a shot in the dark anyway. However, I have had a really great experience the past few days helping out a Red Dao family take in thier rice harvest. I couldnt believe today when the dad of the family, who weighs about 40 kg, hauled 70kg bags of rice on his shoulders through the paddies to the road! I managed one, but had to rest a few times, and im not in bad shape. I think he was happy to see me persevere, hehe.

Great people, very friendly and just trying to make it best they can. Not 100% organic as i believe they add a little fertilizer mixed in with the buffalo dung and stuff but the fields contain many other grasses and flowers and i saw quite a few different kinds of insects today along with several frogs. Cool to see that they didnt chop down a few rice stocks that contained a bird nest, which looked more like a spiders web, with a little egg in it, which they pointed out to me. A stream runs clear through the terraced paddies and there is some field corn here and there as well. I am going to go back in a couple of days and will try to find out a bit more about how the planting and after harvest takes place.

Cheers

By: Craig Mackintosh

Craig Mackintosh — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:10:54 +0000

Hi Isaac. The “Temperate Agriculture Research center” is not the one. Also, the SPERI center in the Si Ma Cai district is inside the no-go zone for general tourists. This means you’re unable to go there without prior official authorisation, which can be difficult to get unless you have a valid reason for being there, and it would need to be done on your behalf by a sponsoring organisation within Vietnam.

Sorry to disappoint, and safe travels.