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 escape, it ...

Capt. Song Khoua Xiong, the commander of a Hmong guerilla unit in Laos that allied with the Americans during the Secret War, and his children are shown in Long Tieng in 1969 or 1970. (Photo courtesy ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - Gov. Tony Evers has designated May 14 as Hmong-Lao Veterans Day in Wisconsin. May 14, 1975, is recognized as the last day of airlift evacuation of remaining Hmong-Lao soldiers ...

The CIA’s 40,000-member Long Tieng military base was the second most populous city in Laos, though it did not exist on any map of its era. For officially, there was no war in Laos, at least not one ...

Kongsy Howard has been cooking since she was a 9-year-old girl in Long Tieng, Laos. "I'm a people person," saidHoward. "I love to cook for people." Howard turned her love into a business. In fact, she ...

Sometimes a new friend or curious stranger will ask what brought the Hmong to Minnesota. And Txongpao Lee again will remember being 6 years old, standing by the dirt-floor hut his family called home, ...

Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order to fly flags at half-staff on Wednesday for Hmong-Lao Veterans Day. Wisconsin has the third-largest Hmong population in the U.S., with many having ...