As co-founder and executive director of the Hmong American Farmers Association in Minnesota, Janssen Hang has met Gov. Tim Walz several times. It's usually been on farmland with Walz in his trademark ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: This year, 2025, marks 50 years since Hmong people started immigrating to Minnesota. Now the state is home to a vibrant community of at least ...

Kaohly Vang Her will be inaugurated Friday afternoon as St. Paul’s first Hmong and female mayor. She beat Melvin Carter in ...

NORTH ST PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota Timberwolves break dancer is working to organize the first-ever Hmong event at Mall of America. Lue Thao, B-Boy Finisher, is a part of the Timberwolves 1st Avenue ...

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. NINA MOINI: It's Minnesota now. I'm Nina Moini. And 2025 is an important anniversary for the Hmong community. It ...

Xianna MouaYang, Yeng Moua and Mai Moua are a family — one with a story of resilience, using the past to change the futures of those around them. Each of them has battled substance use disorder, which ...

On the Minnesota State Capitol grounds, near the memorial that honors the Minnesotans who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, there also lies a memorial to honor the Hmong soldiers who fought during ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota has long been home to one of the largest Hmong populations in the U.S., with St. Paul considered the epicenter of this growing and vibrant community. It is appropriate then, ...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. ― It was a little after noon at the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association on a warm day in June. Hmong elders had finished their lunches and were getting ready to play bingo. “If you win ...

SOUTHERN MINNESOTA - I was leaving a Rochester hotel one morning, heading to Winona, when the most unusual music I’d ever heard started playing on my car radio. A woman was singing a cappella in what ...

Hmong American state lawmakers and community activists say Walz has built a mostly positive reputation with Minnesota’s largest Asian ethnic group. As co-founder and executive director of the Hmong ...