I was thinking those grasshoppers could eat all the rice! This is a problem in some places, maybe by eating a bunch of them you can avoid having a plague of locusts, and you don't have to spray. Good job for little kids, I guess.

Wkwkw..

NEVER.

When "Pao" (Pov) and other individual members spoke to Andrew --- with the interpreter behind the camera --- they spoke in Vietnamese. These are Hmong Dub, it seems (or other Hmong groups that have not been having too much contact with Hmong from Laos or even from the Dien Bien Phu region, close to Laos enough to have a lot of interaction with Hmong Lao to have accents very easily understood by Hmong from Laos and Hmong from the West).... but if you listen to the BACKGROUND conversations (the audio wasn't great, because Andrew & crew only wanted his voice and Pao's voice, for video production purposes)... you would understand some of what they're saying. The further away from Laos (or Dien Bien Phu, to the east of Laos or Yunnan, to the northwest of Laos), the more difficult it is for Western Hmong and Hmong in Laos to understand, due to hundreds of years of non-exchange, non-interaction. The Vietnamese and Chinese have policies to isolate communities they think could be troublesome, politically, for them... so splintering Hmong groups over time develop dialects that are difficult for even themselves to comprehend, even if they are now moved back together for "economically development" purposes. There was this Hmong guy in a town in southern China, in which two large groups of Hmong were settled together on a hilly landscape & the guy (on a travelogue KZfaq video), a Hmong himself, said one half of the Hmong community couldn't understand what the other half was saying, due to the very distinct Hmong dialects the two groups were now speaking, even as both were obviously Hmong, in tradition, in instruments like qeej, ncas, raj nplaim, etc. as well as in clothe making, in common/age-old Hmong linguistic phraseology or mannerisms, etc.

He did not speak Hmong. He spokes Vietnamese..

They learn Vietnamese in school like all Vietnamese minorities. Plus I have no idea how to ask in Hmong although that is how they communicate with each other.

@@Andrew_Fraser makes sense. I didn't know Hmong were in vietnam. I'd like to visit vietnam someday but gotta finish study.

FYI: KZfaqr don't actually care for the people, they just want the content and move on

Good act but we should also appreciate that he did help the kids by catching grasshoppers with them

It's tough for me to get motivated to film/visit a place like Ha Long. It has become very touristy and is heavily covered nowadays. Some of the more well known spots still interest me, Mekong floating markets for example.

@@Andrew_Fraser Good Day Andy. I didn't know that it has become a tourist destination. I only saw it briefly once on the Anthony Bourdain show years ago. Maybe an honorable mention. I'll trust your judgement. Definitely don't want to see another tourist destination video. Seeya soon.✝️

September

huh?

Which part of this is exploitation?

@@Andrew_Fraser what part shows you have made a difference for their community other than enjoying their hospitality and gaining from this video?

The entire video is literally me encouraging people to visit Mu Cang Chai. As is the Bamboo worm video. Tourism in Mu Cang Chai, which is a lifeline for the Hmong outside of farming. I highlight local guides and artisans, helping preserve their culture and skills. I directly supporting the economy there. Real money: staying in Hmong homes, hiring local guides, drivers, translators. It's pretty straightforward - my work is fueling the growth of this community and preserving the culture. So again I'll ask. Specifically. Where is the exploitation?