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The Vietnamese of China

The Vietnamese of China, numbering approximately 2,800 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnic Kinh community indigenous to Vietnam. They mostly adhere to Atheism and Vietnamese is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Vietnamese
Primary Language(s): Vietnamese (vie)
Primary Religion(s): Atheism
Population: 2,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007420
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Pray for the Vietnamese of China

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Atheism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

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Atheism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Vietnamese
Language Family: Austroasiatic

100%
%
Vietnamese Speakers

Media Resources in Vietnamese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film

4 films

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Bible Resources in Vietnamese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1924 Khoi-Cadman✓
2002 Bible League International✓
Ban Dich 2011✓
Revised Vietnamese Version✓
Vietnamese Old Version✓✓
Word of God for Everyone (Catholic)✓✓✓

6 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Vietnamese bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Vietnamese:
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Pray specifically for the Vietnamese of China

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
readMatthew 5:6

Pray for those who are lost to desire righteousness and to be filled with the peace and purpose that only comes from following Jesus.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
readIsaiah 25:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim and rejoice in His salvation.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Kinh Across Countries (ROP3 - 105018) reported in the following countries:

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24 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
VietnamesePG016394VietnameseMartinique375Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG024326VietnameseUzbekistan450Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG011093VietnameseVanuatu500Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseRoman Catholicism
VietnamesePG007420VietnameseChina2,800Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseAtheism
VietnamesePG018377VietnameseNew Caledonia4,200Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseRoman Catholicism
VietnamesePG018514VietnameseNew Zealand4,900No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG000445VietnameseNetherlands8,800No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG050595VietnameseMacao18,500Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseFolk Buddhism
VietnamesePG050598VietnameseHong Kong46,500Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG000777VietnameseCzech Republic60,500Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG033510VietnameseGermany83,500Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG046599VietnameseMalaysia85,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseConfucianism
VietnamesePG000694VietnameseUnited Kingdom100,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG010933VietnameseThailand119,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG020963VietnameseLaos139,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseEthnoreligion
VietnamesePG048428VietnameseRussian Federation150,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseAncestor Worship
VietnamesePG048427VietnameseTaiwan217,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseAncestor Worship
VietnamesePG043501VietnameseCanada258,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG008087VietnameseAustralia337,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG008197VietnameseCambodia535,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG050668VietnameseJapan654,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseEthnoreligion
VietnamesePG000207VietnameseFrance656,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG043675VietnameseUnited States1,605,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG033474VietnameseVietnam85,770,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism

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