sentences:  Touby studied at the French Lycée, School of Law, and the Administration in Vientiane.The French were impressed by his education, for he was the only Hmong to have attained such an education in the French colonial empire.Being one of the few Hmong people educated in the French colonial school system,Touby Lyfoung was elected as head ("tasseng") of the Nong Het sub-district in Xiangkhoang Province in 1939.