|
Vang Tao
Vang may refer to: People Vang is a common surname among Hmong Americans, including *Vang Pao (1929–2011), Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army and a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States *Ka Vang (born 1975), writer *Chai Vang (born 1968), convicted murderer *Bee Vang (born 1991), actor, best known as Thao Vang Lor in ''Gran Torino'' *Katie Ka Vang, artist, playwright *Bora Vang (born 1987), Chinese-born Turkish table tennis player Places *Vang, Bornholm, a village on the island of Bornholm, Denmark *Vang, Innlandet, a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway **Vang i Valdres, a village in the municipality of Vang in Innlandet county, Norway *Vang, Hedmark, a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway *Vang, a village in Ka Choun, Cambodia *Vəng (other), a list of similarly-named places in Azerbaijan Other * Vang (spritsail), a sailing part *Boom vang, a sailing part *Gaff vang, a sailing part *D-alanine—D-serine ligase D-Alan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vang Pao
Vang Pao ( RPA: ''Vaj Pov'' , Lao: ວັງປາວ; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a major general in the Royal Lao Army. He was a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States. He was also known as General Vang Pao to the people in the Hmong community. Early life Vang, an ethnic Hmong, was born on 8 December 1929, in a Hmong village named Nonghet, located in Central Xiangkhuang Province, in the northeastern region of Laos, where his father, Neng Chu Vang, was a county leader. Vang began his early life as a farmer until Japanese forces invaded and occupied French Indochina in World War II. His father sent him away to school from the age of 10 to 15 before he launched his military career, joining the French Military to protect fellow Hmong during the Japanese invasion. While taking an entrance examination, the captain who was the proctor realized that Vang knew almost no written French. The captain dictated the answers to Vang so he could join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ka Vang
Ka Vang (born 1975) is a Hmong-American writer in the United States. Vang was born on a CIA military base, Long Cheng, Laos, at the end of the Vietnam War, and immigrated to the United States in 1980. A fiction writer, poet, playwright, and former journalist, Vang has devoted much of her professional life to capturing Hmong folktales on paper. She is a recipient of the Archibald Bush Artist Fellowship and several other artistic and leadership awards. She is the author of the children's book, ''Shoua and the Northern Lights Dragon'', a finalist for the 23rd Annual Midwest Book Awards in 2012. Early life The daughter of a major in the Royal Lao Army and a shaman, Vang grew up in her early years in Thai refugee camps before resettling in the United States Midwest, with the majority of her formative years spent in the Twin Cities and the Frogtown quarter of St. Paul, Minnesota. Writing Bi-culturalism was a significant issue in Vang's experience as she sought ways to succeed in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chai Vang
Chai Soua Vang (born September 24, 1968), more commonly known as Chai Vang, is an American of Hmong descent who was convicted of first degree intentional homicide, having pleaded self-defense after allegedly being fired upon. Vang, a six-year veteran of the California National Guard, shot eight people while he unintentionally trespassed upon a hunting group in northern Wisconsin on November 21, 2004; six were killed and two were wounded. Vang, who lived in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the time of the shootings, is imprisoned at the Anamosa State Penitentiary, as of 2006. Biography Vang's father had served in a Laotian Civil War that was funded and organized by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). During the war, the CIA recruited the Hmong who lived in Laos and they assisted the CIA by disrupting supply routes which stretched from Laos to Vietnam during the Vietnam War. General Vang Pao was the leader of this army and as a result, he was regarded as a father figure by the Hmong. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bee Vang
Bee Vang ( RPA: ''Npis Vaj'', Pahawh: ', Chinese-Mandarin: 王陛; born November 4, 1991) is an American actor and activist of Hmong descent. He is best known for starring in Clint Eastwood's 2008 film ''Gran Torino'' as Thao Vang Lor. Early life and education Vang was born in Fresno, California, four years after his Hmong parents emigrated from Thailand. He has five brothers and one sister. Vang resided in the Twin Cities area. He grew up in a neighborhood in Minneapolis that he described as "poor." He later lived in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. In his earlier years, he attended Webster Open, a middle school in Minneapolis where he took theater class. For his freshman year he attended Patrick Henry High School, and he was in the University of Minnesota's advanced program. He also attended Robbinsdale Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minnesota. As a youth, Vang mainly watched Asian films. He also watched Clint Eastwood westerns and was a fan of Eastwood.Schein, Louisa.Hmong Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Ka Vang
Katie Ka Vang is a Hmong American performance artist, poet and playwright. She has created and written several performance pieces and plays. These include ''wtf'', ''Hmong Bollywood'', ''Meaning of Freedom''; ''Use of Sharpening'', ''Youth In Session'', and ''Myth of Xee''. Vang was born in Santa Ana, California, lived in Colorado and moved to Minneapolis–Saint Paul in 1999. She attended Concordia University, where she studied marketing., then attended Brown University and graduated with an MFA in Playwriting. As a performer, Vang has appeared at numerous venues, including Theatre Mu, the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent, the Walker Art Center, Exposed Brick Theatre, Pillsbury House Theatre, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, and as an ensemble member at Pangea World Theater. Vang has published work in the ''St. Paul Almanac'', ''Bakka Mag'', ''Asian American Press'', and ''Voices from the Asian American Experience''. Her self-published book of poetry and prose is ''Nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bora Vang
Bora Vang (王博, born April 9, 1987) is a Chinese-born Turkish male national table tennis player. The tall athlete at competes for Adana Table Tennis Club, where he is coached by Sabahattin Sabrioğlu. He won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2010 European Mixed Double Championships held in Subotica, Serbia together with his Turkish teammate Şirin He. In 2012, he and his Turkish teammate Melek Hu won the silver medal at the European Mixed Double Championships held in Buzau, Romania. Vang qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics after the World Qualification Championship held in Doha, Qatar. At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey, he won the silver medal in the singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ... event. Achievements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vang, Bornholm
Vang is a little fishing village on the northwest coast of the Danish island of Bornholm, north of Hasle. From the late 19th century, it prospered as a result of its granite-quarrying activities. As of 2009, the locality has 92 inhabitants, 17 more than in 2004. History The first historical reference to Vang is from 1570 but there is evidence of a settlement there in the Iron Age and the Viking period."Bornholm: Vang" Retrieved 26 October 2012. Hammers Map from 1750 shows about half a dozen houses with small gardens around Vang harbour. A description of the area written by U. Salchow in 1814 mentions the extremely steep hill down to the harbour where there were seven houses and nine fishing boats. The existence of watermills and at least one windmill at the time is also documented. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vang, Innlandet
Vang is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vang i Valdres. Other villages in Vang include Hænsgardane, Nystuen, Øye, Ryfoss, and Tyinkrysset. The municipality is the 55th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vang is the 298th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,587. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 1.9% over the previous 10-year period. General information On 1 January 1838, the prestegjeld of Vang was established as a civil municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1882, a small area of Vang (population: 31) was transferred into the neighboring Øystre Slidre Municipality. The municipal boundaries have not changed since that time. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Vang'' farm ( non, Vangr) since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vang I Valdres
Vang i Valdres or Grindaheim is the administrative centre of Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the south shore of the lake Vangsmjøse, about west of the village of Ryfoss and about southeast of the village of Øye. The European route E16 highway runs through the village, heading west through the Filefjell Filefjell is a mountainous area in Norway. It is located between Lærdal in the Vestland county and Valdres in Innlandet county. It is the historical, as well as modern, main route, linking Western Norway and Eastern Norway. The European route E16 ... mountains on the way to the west coast of Norway. The historic Vang Church is located in the village. References Vang, Innlandet Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vang, Hedmark
Vang is a former municipality in the old Hedmark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1992 when it became part of Hamar Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality was at Fredvang. This site, however became part of the town of Hamar in 1946, so after that time, the municipal administration was actually located outside the municipal borders in the neighboring municipality. The main church for the municipality was Vang Church in the village of Ridabu. Gåsbu Ski Center lies in Vang Almenning, and has served as the backup venue for the ''Holmenkollrennene''. This arena has been described as the cradle of all Nordic ski competition, with more than 112 years of international ski competition. The national cross-country skiing championship was last held here in 2002. General information The historic prestegjeld of Vang was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1848, the village of Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ka Choun
Ka Choun ( km, កាចូន) is a commune in Veun Sai District in northeast Cambodia. It contains six villages and has a population of 1,397. In the 2007 commune council elections, all five seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Party The Cambodian People's Party (CPP), UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; is a Cambodian political party which has ruled Cambodia since 1979. Founded in 1951, it was originally known as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP)., UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; .... Land alienation is a problem of moderate severity in Ka Choun. (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.) Villages References {{Ratanakiri Province Communes of Ratanakiri province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vəng (other)
Vəng may refer to: * Vəng, Ismailli, Azerbaijan *Vəng, Kalbajar Vəng () is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The Dadivank monastery is located in the village. History The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethn ..., Azerbaijan Veng may refer to: * Veng (Denmark) {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
