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The Hmong are around the eighth largest minority group in Vietnam where they are also known as Meo, Man Trang and Mieu Toc. There are around 600,000 Hmong in Vietnam today. It depends who you read as to how the various groups of Hmong in Vietnam are described and identified. See Hmong in Vietnam for a short outline of some of the literature.
The photos in this photogallery were taken in 1995 in a Hmong village in Lai Chau province on the road from Dien Bien Phu to the town of Lai Chau. Following Michael C Howard & Kim Be Howard in "Textiles of the Highland Peoples of Northern Vietnam, Mon-Khmer, Hmong-Mien, and Tibeto-Burman" these Hmong may be identified as Red Hmong (see p171 photos taken in a Muang Lai District, Lai Chai province in 1996.) However, Joachim Schliesinger identifies a photo of a very similar woman in Lai Chau, Muong Muon district as a 'Striped Hmong woman' in 'Hill Tribes of Vietnam, Vol 2". His identification of 'Red Hmong' woman is very different indeed.
For photos of a Hmong group in Thailand whose costume is very similar indeed to the groups shown below see Green (Blue) Hmong, Thailand photogallery. For photogalleries of other Hmong groups in Vietnam see Black Hmong and Flowery Hmong.
all text & images © Pamela A Cross
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