Ms. Kanokporn Taowatanakul is curretly working with the Australian Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ms. Kanokporn Taowatanakul said that "Whenever I see a Hmong person, I will always try to speak Hmong as much as possible."
You can watch full story through this video link about Ms. Kakoporn Taowatanakul's experience in Australia and what she would like to say to Hmong communities here:
This is her first trip to Australia, having a role as interpreter for Thai authorities who was touring Australia Dairy Industries.
She said that this trip was very demanding as the whole team has to get up early and travel by different means to different places to tour Australian dairy farms, Ipswich is one of many places visited.
She said that the purpose of this official visit comprising of both Australian Agriclutural authorities and its Thai counterparts is to study the feasibility of exporting Australia Dairy Products to Thailand.
It is also to access whether Australian Dairy Industry comples with international standards in terms of raising their cattle starting from farms to milking to eventually the final processes of how milk ending up as dairy products.
if Thai officials are satisfied, trade deal could be negotiated and exporting Australian Dairy Products will be allowed and processes to be followed.
Ms. Taowatanakul said that "what surprised her is that Australia is a very nice and cleaned country. The happiest thing in Australia is to meet Hmong communities in Australia and talk to a Hmong person in Hmong, and speaking Hmong as her whole trip has to speak mostly Thai and English."
She said that she was not shy away from telling people that she is Hmong, and that she will always let's her colleagues know that if they are free and if they want to, she will take them home to visit her family, to see Hmong culture and and dress them up in Hmong costumes during Hmong New Year in Tak Province, Central West Thailaid.
When SBS Radio Hmong Program asked Ms. Kanokporn Taowatanakul what would she like to say to Hmong communities and Hmong youth, she said that:
"I believed there are many more Hmong who are more talented than me. We must believed in ourselves and do the best we can and things will take care of themselves."#
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