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by Richard Wanglue Vang
Hmong movie fans around the world do not have to wait and watch the movie “Hmoob Blood for Freedom” which premier at St. Anthony Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota early in 2012. It is now available on YouTube uploaded by animelover072390.
SHIBC News is unsure whether the movie was intentionally and legally uploaded to YouTube but it’s been viewed more than 31,000 viewers as January 15, 2013.
“Hmoob Blood for Freedom” is a film that sheds light on the plight of the Hmong people living in the Kaokor Mountains in Thailand from 1968 to 1982. Conflicts between the Thai government and the communist regime forced the Hmong to take part in the bloody battles that raged on for 14 years. This story is told through the eyes of Kaeng, a Hmong born, Thai-raised young man, who is caught in the middle of this conflict.
If you are expecting to see your favorite Hmong actors and actresses, and hear Hmong language speaking, this movie is not for you. The leading actors and actresses in this movie are all majority Thai. “This movie is intended to target other mainstream audiences, as well as Thai spectators in Thailand,” said Jimmy Vanglee, one of the Directors of the movie.
Jimmy Vanglee added that the main language spoken in the movie is Thai, and that the subtitles are in English. There maybe a special version of the movie that will be released for sale in the Hmong community that will have subtitles in Hmong very soon.
“The total cost to make this movie was approximately $700,000.00 U.S. dollars,” said Jimmy Vanglee, during a Suab Hmong Broadcasting exclusive interviewed with him in Thailand.
Lais Lee, one of the Producers from Payeng Race Up Production, based in Thailand said that there are many producers including those from China and Laos that made this film possible.
“Initially some of the producers wanted to just invest their money into the making of the movie, but when the movie began shooting, some decided to devote more time and effort and became producers…whether we have gained or lost, we wanted to be a part of the movie…” said Lai Lee, during a Suab Hmong News exclusive interview.
Due to the United States Visa Entry process in Bangkok, Thailand, half of the casting and support actors and actresses were not able to make the screening in Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Film Festival. “There must be some type of misunderstanding during the interview process that must have failed them,” said Jimmy Vanglee.
Bowie Atthama Chiwanichaphan, the leading female role in the film, said that this was her first time visiting the United States. “I really like it here but I like my country more…” said Bowie Atthama Chiwanichaphan.
Rit Loecha, Thai Actor, said that this was his fourth time visiting the United States, and this was the first time that he was able to share his visit with the Hmong community in the United States. “I have known the Hmong people in Thailand by helping some of the Hmong refugees at Wat Thamkrabot,” said Rit Laecha.
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MOVIE: “Hmoob Blood for Freedom” or in Thai “ม้ง สงครามวีรบุรุษ” is now on YouTube
Hundred and hundreds of Hmong movie fans came out and watched Hmong movie “Dab Ntxaug” premiered on the big screen at AMC Theater in Rosedale Shopping Mall, St. Paul, Minnesota on November 14, 2015.
Richard Wanglue Vang, Executive Producer/Founder of Suab Hmong Broadcasting, and Victor M. Vaj, Radio Talkshow/News Correspondent for Suab Hmong Broadcasting, included Minnesota Senator Foung Hawj and many distinguish guests were invited to be a part of the opening ceremony for the premier of the movie “Dab Ntxaug”.
Yengtha Her, Producer/Director/Actor of the movie “Dab Ntxaug”, sent his thanks to all his movie fans around the world and his movie crews in Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. “I wanted you all to be a part of the premier but because we live in different countries. I will find the way to bring some of you here in the United States in the future” said Yengtha Her.
MN Senator Foung Hawj said he planned to pass a bill to get some matching fund to support Hmong movie maker and Hmong TV in the state of Minnesota in 2016. “I will introduce the bill to the committee sometimes in 2016 and see how it goes” said Senator Foung Hawj.
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Hmong movie “Dab Ntxaug” premiered on the big screen
A photo from Ha Tinh border guards show five men from Laos and Thailand who were arrested January 3 trying to smuggle heroin into Vietnam.
Four men from Laos and another from Thailand were arrested near central Vietnam Sunday when they were trying to smuggle more than 30 kilograms of heroin through the border.
Border guards in Ha Tinh Province cooperated with Laos police to arrest the men at nearly 7 a.m. when they were heading to Vietnam in four cars carrying the heroin and more than 35,000 ecstasy pills.
An officer said they have been watching the group's operation for some time and it was one of the biggest drug hauls ever busted in the province.
Further investigation is going on.
Vietnam has some of the world’s toughest drug laws. Those convicted of smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine face the death penalty.
The production or sale of 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal narcotics is also punishable by death.
Source: http://www.thanhniennews.com/
5 foreigners arrested with 30 kilos of heroin at Vietnam border
Vietnamese girls smuggled into China and sold as child brides
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By Pamela Boykoff and Alexandra Field, CNN
Lao Cai, Vietnam (CNN)"When I woke up I didn't know that I was in China."
Lan remembers the night that changed her whole life.
While preparing for university along the border in northern Vietnam, a friend she met online asked her to a group dinner. When she was tired and wanted to go home, the people asked her to stay and talk and have a drink.
Next thing she knew, she had been smuggled across the border to China.
"At that time, I wanted to leave," says Lan. "There were other girls there in the car but there was people to guard us."
The villages along the Vietnamese-Chinese border are a hunting ground for human traffickers. Girls as young as 13 say they are tricked or drugged, then spirited across the porous border by boat, motorbike or car. Young Vietnamese women are valuable commodities in China, where the one-child policy and long-standing preference for sons has heavily skewed the gender ratio.
To put it simply, Chinese men are hungry for brides.
Trafficked girls not forced into marriage typically end up as sex workers. Some escape to back to Vietnam with help from the authorities. But cracking down on trafficking is no easy matter, as the mountainous terrain of Northern Vietnam makes it difficult to monitor the border.
"It costs a very huge amount of money for normal Chinese man to get married to a Chinese woman," explained Ha Thi Van Khanh, national project coordinator for the U.N.'s anti-trafficking organization in Vietnam.
Traditionally, Chinese men wishing to marry local women are expected to pay for an elaborate banquet and to have purchased a new home to live in after the wedding. "This is why they try to import women from neighboring countries, including Vietnam."
Diep Vuong started the Pacific Links Foundation to combat trafficking in Vietnam. She says that Vietnamese brides can sell for upwards of $3,000 to the end buyer and that they are often considered desirable because of cultural similarities to the Chinese.
Nguyen was just 16 when a friend's boyfriend drugged her and smuggled her into China. She tried to resist a forced marriage. For three months, she refused, even though her traffickers beat her, withheld food and threatened to kill her, she says. Finally, she relented. She says her husband was kind to her, but she never stopped missing her family in Vietnam.
"My desire to go home was indescribable," Nguyen said. "I agreed to marry the man but I could not stay with a stranger without any feelings for him."
When her mother-in-law realized Lan was never going to warm to the marriage, the family returned her to the traffickers. They got their money back, Nguyen says, after which she was forced into a second marriage.
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