I am a Hmong-Laotian born raise and love the country of Laos as much as everyone of you. I read many comments in this groups, most of you are accussing the Hmong take away your land to make Hmong Country but I see no one can open your mouth and say anything about the LPDR selling your country of Laos's all kind of minerals, gold, woods to foreign countries such as Vietnam, China, and many other nations, I see no one talk about them. Is it okay with you Lao people? The Hmong are the true proctetors of the Land against foreigners invasion Laos. For example, Pa Chai Vue revolted and foght against the French Taxation in 1918-1920; the Hmong rescused the Kings many times because Lao people will kill them. During the Vietnam War in laos, Hmong in both sideand ( those who pro LPDR and those pro-American) were fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with their Laotians patriots.
After 1975, the LPDR were continue hunting and killing those people who pro- CIA (American Side) these groups are notonly the Hmong People. There are almost all of our Laotians Multi-Ethnic groups. They see that Vietnam take away the Southern Part of Laos and the Chinese take away the Nothern part of Laos. Leave the Hmong and other ethnic who disagree with the LPDR ill government (Ditactor communist regime) have no place to run but hiding themselves in the So-Called "Special Zones" around the Phou Bia mountain. They were not the one who called the Hmong Country but it was the LPDR called the "Hmong Chao Fa Country". The LPDR make a big blaming on the Hmong so (LPDR) Laos and Vietnam can sign their 25 years Military Cooperation to eliminated all the Hmong in Laos in 1977 and extend another 15 years of Laos-Vietnam Military Collaboration in 2002 and still up-today.
Now, there are more than two millions Vietnamese and Chinese people live and working as construction, tree plantation workers, farmers and trade or do business in Laos without visa or other word come and no date to return. In Laos today, our laotians people are forcing to move out of their villages because LPDR sell or lease our Laotions Lands to Vietnam and China and other foreingners people for 99 years. What do you Lao people have to say about this? This the real Vietnamese Western Province, Isn't it? Why not the Hmong can claims thei our land? Laos is not belong to Laopeople any more!!! Now Laos is a part of Vietnam!!! Did you see Ho Chi Minh Status in Laos? Vietnam Central Government office is build in the Southern of Laos?
LPDR make many Dams around the country and took all the money then put into their leaders pockets, then let our Laotian multi-ethnic have no voices about them. If someone say anything, then not to long that person disappear or die. I see no one in this group make any complaint about these crisis. Lao people only complaint about our people but never able to open their mouth complaint about foreigners invasion Laos!!!
Let stop for now, if you are a real Lao patriot, we must working together to fight for the Corruption of the LPDR governmnet and ask the LPDR leaders to step down and call for a reform the country into a Democratic System Country.
Best Regards,
Charlie Chang A true Hmong-Laotian
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Dear Dr. Touyer Moua, Souriya Phommaseng, Bounliane Rajphoumy, Bounkhong Arounsavath, Sary Tatpaporn, Seng Chiddalay, and all:
You might all be correct in some ways about the ideas of Hmong making a part of Laos into a Hmong country, but those who had such ideas have all been passed away. Such ideas have all passed and become history now. I believe wholeheartedly that the Hmong younger generations are good and wonderful people who love Laos and multi-ethnic Laotians. Thus, let's love one another and move forward together in peace and harmony to save our beloved Laos for our future generations, hopefully forever. Otherwise, Laos won't be the Hmong country, but the country of other powers.
This coming September 03, 2011 all multi-ethnic Laotians will join hands in a wonderful celebration of 55 years of Lao songs composition of Master Chansome Sengsirivanh in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. All kind of leaders, especially the popular Lao song composers from all over the world will attend this rare celebration.
I am invited to give a remark in this great celebration on behalf of all of Lao Iu Mien or Lao Yao. I accepted the invitation and will talk about Acharn Sor Sengsirivanh inspirational efforts and his two top popular songs, "Kert Ben Xaai Xaai Xaat Seua Torng Wai Laai = Born To Be a Male Must Leave a Striped Trail and Bor Leuam Wiangjan = Not Forgeting Vientiane" which have been deeply planted in my heart since my child hood. The reason they have been in the bottom of my heart for such so long is because they are reminding and keeping us not to forget Vientiane, the Capital of Laos, but remember to do some things for keeping her on the surface of the earth forever.
Believe me, no one loves Laos and Laotians as much as the multi-ethnic Laotians. I am so proud to be born in Laos that flew me over the oceans to the U.S, the land of freedom and opportunity. I am so happy in the U.S, but my heart always long to do some things for maintianing the good relationship between the U.S and Lao PDR. This way, Laos will have the U.S to be her friend for protection and advancements into the long lasting future.
In summary, Let's all remember the two popular songs for reminding us to remember to teach our younger generations to love one another and join hands in taking harmonious actions for preserving Laos on the surface of the earth forever. Thank you very much.
Seng Fo Chao Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
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Dear Friends of all Laotian ethnic backgrounds:
I am a Laotian of Hmong ethnic background. I am originally from Xieng Khouang province. Some of you may know me, but many of you have never met me. In June 1972, after my education in France where I had received my Ph.D. in social science at the Sorbonne, University of Paris, I returned to Laos where I worked, from July 1972 to March 1974, as Director of the Human Resources Department in the Ministry of Planning of the Royal Lao Government. After the Vientiane Peace Accords of February 1973, I was appointed by His Majesty King Sisavang Vatthana as a member of the National Political Consultative Council of the late Kingdom of Laos from April 1974 to May 1975 when, like hundreds of thousands of Laotians of all ethnic backgrounds, I was forced by the international military and political circumstances in Southeast Asia to leave my county to take the road of exile. Today I am a US citizen and a retired faculty member of the University of Minnesota, U.S.A.
Throughout my life, I have tried to study the contemporary history of Laos and I have more or less closely followed the social and political evolution of our Laotian people of multi-ethnic groups since World War II up to now. There were NO such Hmong leaders who had attempted to create a “Hmong nation” within the nation of Laos. However, I have to admit that, today, there are some unconscious and frustrated ethnic Hmong who dream of building a “Hmong Nation” as well as there were some ethnic discrimination minded Lao people who did not admit that the “Meo”, the “Kha”, the “Yao”, etc… were part of the Laotian Nation. The unjust arrest of the Khmou notables by the provincial authorities of Luang Prabang in 1948 is an example, followed by the “Affairs of Tougeu Lyfoung” who was forced to temporarily resign his office of Director General of the Ministry of Justice by a fanatic group of Lao government officials who wrote, on October 29, 1964, that “The Meo have no right to work as officials of the Ministry of Justice. They are foreigners. Living in the mountains, they are too ignorant to work with the Lao. To be worthy of the name, Laos must be ruled and governed by the Lao”. In my doctoral thesis: “Les Difficultes du developpement eonomique et social des populations Hmong du Laos” (University of Paris in April 1972), which was published in a book entitled “Hmong at the Turning Point” in Minneapolis, MN, in 1993, I have called all the Laotian ethnic groups to work together for national unity and solidarity and for social and economic progress, because they are born and called to live in the same community of destiny: nation of Laos.
Therefore, considering the geopolitical evolution of the world, I urge all of you who are all Laotians from diverse ethnic backgrounds and, today, scattered all over the world, to crystallize all our efforts and energies, resources and knowledge into an international force to work together toward National Reconciliation, Peace and Development for our multi-ethnic Laotian people living inside and outside the country of Laos. (Please read my 2 attached speeches in French and in English).
