Long Tieng once housed one of the busiest air hubs in the world in the 1960s, but it was closed to the public for decades ...

The Hmong diaspora to Minnesota started nearly 50 years ago with one man: Leng Wong. He fled his home of Laos, arriving at ...

Minnesota is on the verge of becoming the first state to recognize as veterans the Hmong and Lao soldiers who fought in the CIA's Secret War.

Minnesota is on its way to officially recognizing the service of Hmong and Lao veterans who fought alongside the U.S. during ...

LONG TIENG, LAOS – We met in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, not far from the spot on the Mekong River where the Xiong family fled to Thailand one night in May 1975. At the time of their ...

“Our hope is that this is a foundation for the Hmong community and for many years to come.” During the Vietnam War, the CIA recruited the Hmong in Laos to fight in support of the U.S. against the ...