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New Woonsocket Exhibit Highlights Lao Americans' Story in Rhode Island

Vimala Phongsavanh’s parents, Kongdeuane and Syphanh Phongsavanh, along with her aunt, Ammanoroth Inthavong, and older sister, Sengdara Sengsavang, at the Nong Khai refugee camp in 1980. Photography courtesy of Vimala Phongsavanh Vimala Phongsavanh grew up in Woonsocket, surrounded by the Lao community. Her own parents fled civil unrest in their home country in 1981 and moved to the mill neighborhood of Fairmount, finding work in the city’s stil…
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Rhode Island Monthly broke the news in on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
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