The Secret Villages & Shocking Foods of Vietnam's Hmong People

Join me on an extraordinary journey through Yen Bai province in Vietnam, where I dive into the world of extreme foods and age-old traditions of the Hmong. From the crunch of grasshoppers to the unique taste of bamboo worms, I explore the bold flavors of Vietnam’s lesser-known delicacies. My adventure takes me to the vibrant Mung Lo market, bustling with local life and exotic finds. The highlight? Savoring ancient tea in Suoi Giang, a brew steeped in history and rich in flavor. This documentary is more than just a culinary exploration; it’s a voyage into the heart of Vietnam’s Hmong culture. Get ready to be amazed by the untold stories and unforgettable tastes of Yen Bai!
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[@TheMongcha]

Thank you for visiting with our Hmong communities in Vietnam and sharing our old ways of life.

[@pang-ngiavang1956]

Finally, the full documentary version of your visit to Hmong villages in Vietnam!!! I love your open minded and respectful attitude/personality! Thank you!

[@yajcaivplawv88]

The human spirit endures in all environments. I’m Hmong but have been fortunate to be in the USA since ‘76. I’m fascinated with all human cultures. Thank you for sharing your travels.

[@chithiennguyen1371]

Mam, you Hmong in the US came from Laos, not Vietnam

[@kaox44]

FANTASTIC Documentary about the Hmong people. Love your point of view and your interest into their lives. Bravo Andrew!

[@Glenda-bh7ul]

WOW... thank you Mr. Andrew for the most respectful and beautiful video of Vietnam.

[@nofacemonster]

This is an incredible hour among Hmong people and Vietnam. Thank you!

[@jewel7322]

This was sooo passionate and honest. I’ve never considered visiting Vietnam, but you’ve definitely made me consider it! Thank you for the amazing content.

[@thaoau9271]

Người Việt Nam rất thân thiện luôn chào đón các bạn quốc tế đến thăm đất nước và thưởng thức những món ăn ngon nổi tiếng của Việt Nam.

[@guestworks7959]

I used to eat grasshoppers when I was young in Africa. Tastes great. Regards from Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦.

[@barany7]

You disgusting! 🤬

[@gideonchoong2534]

The people are really hardworking managing their vast ricefields. But life here should be healthy, no stress , fresh air and no pollution!! I prefer this kind of lifestyle.

[@ben_castle]

Thanks Andrew for coming to fairytale village. I’ve been recommending this kind of places to several westerners on KZbin but haven’t seen anyone coming. And there are several of these villages in northern Vietnam.

[@carmengreenwood566]

The rice terraces are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing, well done.

[@melissaa3335]

oh yesss it definitely is 😮

[@BoondocksHuey]

One of the best creator on KZbin!

[@melbriggs2324]

Wow! Fantastic job Andrew and crew. Excellent videography and story telling. Thank you so much for taking me on a journey to a land I know little about and will unlikely ever get to visit. what a treat. This is everything I want out of a travel video. I learned so much and almost feel like I was there with you experiencing everything... except the for the flavors and smells. Thank you.

[@songchang]

I love your videos, Andrew! I can’t wait to visit my Hmong brothers and sisters in Vietnam! ❤ For now, I will just tune into your videos. 😊

[@chithiennguyen1371]

Girl, you Hmong in the US came from Laos, not Vietnam

[@brian_atc]

The photography and commentary are awesome. I feel like I just got back from a Vietnam visit myself.

[@DannyCreech]

Andrew, first I have to say, I am shocked that you only have 111K Subs. Your videos are great and open our eyes to other cultures. Thank you for trying new things. Second, this video should have been broken into about five videos. I think that would be better for you in KZbin land. Great video my brother!

[@Andrew_Fraser]

The videos are also released separately. Usually the combined edit performs better though.

[@scottmiller6270]

Admiring the topography and understanding why the war was so difficult.

[@williammc3183]

One time cleaning up after a tornado had knocked down some Pecan trees, i found some huge grub worms about the size of your finger. On a $20 dare i ate one, surprisingly it was very firm chewing and tasted exactly like a Pecan.. i ate a couple more for free.

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

Bamboo worms are good! I just bought about a kilo of dried bamboo worms from Thailand. They have a creamy taste to them. They really are a luxury food. Its really neat to see how these are actually produced. although, my favorite edible insect is fried, dried sago worms. Its like eating toasted walnuts except creamy.

[@leannep.2022]

Omg you are amazingly experienced the way Hmong people are eaten. I do love the Buffalo jerky strips. Its brought up my childhood memories of these type of foods. Thank you Andrw for sharing your experiences of Vietnam

[@joelwhite312]

Hello, from Seattle WA. Your videos continue to impress and take many to places they can only dream of 🎉

[@caovanthanhmientrungtravel3658]

That place is a paradise

[@rizaldepe8623]

Wow thank you for this full documentary about the Hmong people in Vietnam such a simple life that full of hardship and happiness,seeing those exotic foods during harvest season in the rice fields reminded me when i was young back at my village in the Philippines i grow up being raised by both farmer parents and its tough however,i was so lucky to experienced those way of living which molded me to be self independent since young age.Hope i can travel to see that place in the near future those sceneries quite amazing.Kudos to your team Sir❤❤❤Takecare❤❤❤love lots from Vancouver,B.C🇨🇦

[@gideonfaithtorno9229]

Hello Andrew! watching here from the Philippines!❤

[@mr.cookie7308]

Andrew your video quality and narrative is so well done and I am thoroughly enjoying it. Subbed!

[@truthyyang25]

Thanks for showing the great culture of Hmong black in Vietnam. Keep up the great videos!❤ Btw i am a Hmong White from USA !

[@CLi-ft6hk]

The message that you delivered is unique. The make of your documentary, the color of every image, and the background music are entertaining and educational. Your interactions with others are marked by a genuine sense of humanity, making you a pleasure to work with. The quality of your product is out of this world. Keep up the excellent work, please. Thank you and take care.

[@margaritasun7908]

It's worth of the time spent watching this documentary, it's full of content down to its deep rooted culture and delicacies🎉❤❤😊

[@xavclee]

I have relatives that grow tea in the highlands of Laos. They say the original tree is over 1000 years old.

[@primesspct2]

A fascinating look at the beautiful Hmong folk. I have to wonder how much longer societies like this will exist. The world is changing so fast. When I was a young woman , I desired a quieter, more rural life for my children. Now there not much rural left out here and I have new neighbors all around, technology changes so fast, I too will fall behind with age. I am afraid that with tourism being encouraged these peoples lives will forever be effected.

[@user-hv4ff6or1x]

Thanks for going to visit the Hmong villages. Things Ive never seen or heard and I'm Hmong. This is amazing

[@generalnguyenngocloan1700]

It’s a Hmong, Hmong, Hmong world! Thailand, Lao, Vietnam, China, and also Wisconsin and Minnesota. 🫡

[@youmeiyang6664]

Avid viewer from Cyprus🤚

[@nraughmoobyaj8088]

I still remember when I was a child in the 1970s in Laos and my Dad used to get bamboo worms for us. They tasted very CRUNCHY and delicious.

[@BRILIANT660]

Very nice documentry Great sharing

[@amandacarroll31]

These people seem so lovely and welcoming! I have been to Vietnam, just around Saigon and Dalat. Mostly it was too loud and busy for me so I would love to spend longer and go to the rural communities ❤️

[@dedrahernandez7764]

Breathe taking spectacular visuals. Thank you for the world from your point of view.

[@SouBuuS]

Andrew, it would be awesome if you explored the culture of our people the "Iu-Mien" people. We have a large population in Vietnam as well as Thailand and Laos! Appreciate you and your open mindedness of other cultures! Awesome videos - forever subbed~

[@annedeline4421]

It’s such a gorgeous country…take time to enjoy and do more videos of each place.

[@vfxforge]

great job man, keep it up!

[@kevinplacid9351]

presentation of vietnam is impressive really enjoyed watching a place to visit

[@michaelromer7115]

Hi Andrew. Your videos continue to improve greatly from video to video. I have followed you from the beginning when I learned about you channel from BEFRS and Sonny. Keep up the great work !!! Much love from Houston, Texas.

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Thanks Michael, really appreciate the support

[@mssunset362]

New subs here from Philippines..this is beautiful!!!

[@maryz3417]

Beautiful documentary ❤thank you 😊

[@darrenparker8359]

How the hell have you so little subs. Your videos are amazing & done in Videography documentary style. Love it ❤

[@darrenparker8359]

Maybe light heart it & add some bloopers! But yeah great enjoyed v much

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Thanks Darren. Appreciate the support. Subs will come, i’m focused on improving the quality and the storytelling 🙏

[@alanlee1093]

Beautiful photography. Your Vietnamese is also very good. You catch the intonation, stress of words and pronunciation perfectly. Well done Andrew.

[@nates3397]

THANKS ANDREW!

[@mealla]

❤ the traditional clothes and lifestyle, and the landscapes are stunning, very beautiful

[@DanebelYlanan]

I've been all around Vietnam but this place I actually skipped it. I will include this in my itinerary when I return. Thank you for sharing. This is such a beautiful story and beautiful scenery,

[@lorpaoxiong812]

Thanks Andrew for doing these videos for Americans in the U.S.A.

[@MrBlurpBlurp-hg3dj]

Trump may like it too

[@anndo8268]

Thank you for sharing with us your adventure. We really enjoyed your show

[@bobbylee6102]

Great job!!

[@Road_taste]

Love your videos, keep it up

[@stevennawik7663]

I love your documentaries

[@richardmckelvey4343]

That would be a really cool trip.

[@billlam7756]

You would not survive, little to no electricity, no mcdonald, no running toilet etc...stuff like this make a bully look like an armature nerd lol

[@boblee3125]

very good movie

[@Tronic1Records]

love the knowledge

[@MrBlurpBlurp-hg3dj]

Living with the hill tribes and experiencing the way of life, simple life is worth dying for. I could live on forever

[@edward2448]

Hey Andy, I was looking for some different kinds of side dishes for my Thanksgiving table this year. So little sour apples sauce 🍏 and bamboo worm 🐛 stuffing it is 👍. No Turkey 🦃 either I'm going to get me some water fowl, maybe a blue Heron. Have a Blessed and Beautiful Day ✝️📖✌️💞🙏🥀

[@GeorgeRuffner-iy7bm]

I always wanted to know something about the Hmung people's lives. Thank you for sharing this video with me.🙈🙉🙊 😎 🇺🇸

[@jelloMadison]

Very Enjoyable.

[@Alpsbeach]

11:11 I guess not melon but rather bitter gourd, snake gourd, calabash sponge gourd etc

[@sziszi050]

Magam, csak a turistás és déli Vietnamot jártam, így sok-sok újdonsággal gazdagítottál. A szöveg magyarra forsítása tudom, hogy nem tőled van, de így rajtad keresztül csak egyet: az anyai hagyományok és más anyai dolgok egyszerűen magyarul, ősi hagyomány, ősi kultúra stb. Magyarországból. ;-)

[@naipai9021]

Andrew, do a video of the Iu-Mien culture, please. Thank you!

[@Andrew_Fraser]

One day for sure

[@Kate-cr1fz]

The organ music sounded quite Appalachian. Love it

[@lichanyanthan5684]

Can I have the details of the traditional background music please? The music at around 0:52.

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Can’t remember sorry. but we get all our music on epidemic sound.

[@Lor1986]

Just wanted be the first Hmong to comment here😂😂

[@edward2448]

I cannot express enough my admiration for the great communal love they embody.

[@mummybunny331]

It was a wonderful Vid , loved the tea garden , bless the young girl when you sed you prefer coffee ×😂❤× Loved it but wasn't too sure about impaling grass hoppers..Then when I saw the beautiful white Bunnies in the cage ; It nearly killed me; I have a little white Boy Bunny at home; who stands up , like that...just to say "I trust you " x❤x Nothing on this Earth is worth treating a sentient creature like that...x❤x

[@RoxanneTaylor-yb3fs]

That country is so beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤

[@DannyCreech]

Please go to the Philippines. I lived there for two years and I would love to see your take on it. If you ever get up to the Papunga area, try everybody's cafe. They have adobo crickets which I have tried. I saw it on Andrew Zimmern's channel.

[@pedrogarciasandoval1145]

I love your videos

[@TheDarkHarper]

Been following you since the road trip with Sonny during Covid, now that BEFRS have gone global, it's good your channel still rooted in Vietnam!!

[@Andrew_Fraser]

I will still be traveling a lot but I live in Vietnam so expect a lot of Vietnamese content.

[@TheDarkHarper]

@@Andrew_Fraser Came a long way since reviewing gadgets, looking forward for more Vietnam content!

[@EndlessTravels]

To be fair Hmong people tend to eat and sell in the locations they are at I've lived in Sapa, Lao cai, and Lau chao Than Northen and Eastern Thailand all places with Hmong people..the food differences were night and day THe eating dogs is a HUGE HUGE HUGE thing in Vietnamese culture 99% of Vietnamese will say they don't but its just common, Hanoi and Saigon are great places you can find Thit Cho (Dog meat) markets seirously just about any were Hmong people though are amazing people, i got to live in a Villiage house with a Hmong family for 3 weeks and LOVED it so much, and don't tell no one But the best Pho i've ever had was made by this random old Hmong lady on a pass though highway to Sapa from Lao cai.....

[@gtrfreak]

Your videos are so raw from a content perspective yet so polished from an editing perspective; love it 😊

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Thanks. Appreciate it.

[@annaemilia2505]

I also ate grasshoppers in Mexico - they taste good

[@brucewayne2773]

This was a great series, my favorite part was you eating the crunchy frogs.

[@auriwanthongcharoen3051]

thank you/❤❤❤❤❤

[@wakiidude]

New subscriber here in Toronto 🇨🇦 but I am a Pilipino 🇵🇭. Nice seeing your video I love it !

[@alfredhmingthangsang]

I like the part where he said, "These people have a lot of other things to worry about other than animals welfare".

[@Jennyandersonjenny]

The heron's would eat the fish that people farm, so I think it's perfectly fine for them to eat them. A heron ate all the fish out of my dad's fish pond, just imagine if it was relying on that for food.

[@ZommBleed]

At 5:48... ...what kind of watch is that? I used to be quite an hourologist in my own right, but my knowledge has slipped away since I departed the hobby. Some aspects hint at Seiko, but the bezel throws that part off for me. I hope someone might enlighten me. TIA

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Tudor pelagos

[@SteveMoua]

hello Andrew this is Steve V Moua I am Hmong from Mong 💯% do do want to know more about Hmong culture more like 1. who's is Hmong 2. what symbol standing for Hmong 3. why Hmong peoples are spirit live all over the world

[@drissaudia1323]

2:52 Suggestion: show us a map of where you are. Would be helpful if we want to go there.

[@ri_os.10]

Winter? Oh there's winter in Vietnam 😮

[@Andrew_Fraser]

It can get very cold in the north

[@kawanemotlop9506]

dropping a comment.

[@pedrogarciasandoval1145]

Hello from México 🇲🇽

[@lalawmpuia1191]

❤❤❤

[@anonymousperson2345]

👍💛

[@nraughmoobyaj8088]

Andrew, If you cut your videos down to less than 30 minutes each, I think more and more people will watch your videos. Just my honest opinion.

[@ballistic350]

Go visit the hmongs in laos they live differently from the hmong vietnamese

[@Andrew_Fraser]

It is on the to-do list

[@ballistic350]

@@Andrew_Fraser awesome... majority of the hmongs in America today are the hmongs from laos/ Thailand

[@ellenl.5581]

I can watch the forage, gathering process but I cannot watch the cooking eating part. Ellen from central California. I am old and would starve before eating grubs.

[@patrickrobinson59]

Your format is very good... better then Sonny

[@floridaaguada4216]

Such a beautiful,country side,simple life,ricevterraces is similar to Banaue rice terraces in the Philippines.They also eat insect😊Love their costumes clothes beautiful❤Thank u Dir for sharing the natural beauty of Vietnam.❤Philippines

[@victoriafisher6934]

Can we buy pleated skirts on line? If so where?

[@MeganBoomershine-pf7iz]

PS I study psychology and sociology and human facial expressions are huge indicators of how they feel. No matter the language you can read emotion by facial expressions.

[@teamraacthemin6078]

I’ve noticed that they don’t speak Hmong at all. There only speaking in Vietnamese. Is this because of your documentation video?

[@Andrew_Fraser]

They chat in Hmong when it's just them but switch to Vietnamese if there are Vietnamese folks around. My cameraman and I don't know Hmong, so they typically default to Vietnamese for us. A few of the older Vietnamese Hmong people we ran into can't speak Vietnamese, but that's pretty rare.

[@teamraacthemin6078]

@@Andrew_Fraser either ways it’s great to see my Hmong people in Vietnam. Keep the videos coming. I enjoyed your video.

[@ANationalAcrobat-qj2dl]

"You vill eat ze bugs & you vill be happy" You know what? - no; I don't think I will. 😕

[@vanng5689]

I think there's more animal welfare here than a factory farm in US or UK !

[@theotheleo6830]

It looks as though the barber cut your hair just like his.

[@midwestasian1624]

😊

[@HtayOo-ww2bn]

I like eat