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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 22
Population: 85,610,850
Unreached people groups: 16
UPG population: 85,078,950
Unengaged UPGs: 6
UUPG population: 36,450
Number of countries: 21
Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples
Overview: Within Vietnam they are officially known as 'Kinh', but around the world they are better known simply as Vietnamese. Originating in what is now southern China and northern Vietnam, the Vietnamese people occupy the entire eastern seacoast of the Indochinese Peninsula. Ethnic Vietnamese predominantly speak the Vietnamese language and practice the Mahayana tradition of Buddhism.
Peoples within this cluster: Jing; Kinh; Vietnamese, general
Countries where they are found: Australia; Cambodia; Canada; China; Czechia; France; Germany; Laos; Malaysia; Martinique; Netherlands; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Russia; Taiwan; Thailand; United Kingdom; United States; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Vietnam
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