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The Vietnamese of Thailand

The Vietnamese of Thailand, numbering approximately 119,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnic Kinh community indigenous to Vietnam. They mostly adhere to Mahayana Buddhism and Vietnamese is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Vietnamese

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Thailand
People Cluster: Vietnamese
Primary Language(s): Vietnamese (vie)
Primary Religion(s): Mahayana Buddhism
Population: 119,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG010933
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Pray for the Vietnamese of Thailand

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Mahayana Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

45%
%
Mahayana Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Vietnamese
Language Family: Austroasiatic

100%
%
Vietnamese Speakers

Media Resources in Vietnamese:

Films:
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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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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Vietnamese are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Vietnamese:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Vietnamese of Thailand

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
read1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
readPsalm 22:27-28

Pray that entire families will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith, and that they will worship Him and declare His righteousness to the nations.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

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

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24 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
VietnamesePG011093VietnameseVanuatu500Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseRoman Catholicism
VietnamesePG018377VietnameseNew Caledonia4,200Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseRoman Catholicism
VietnamesePG000445VietnameseNetherlands8,800No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG043675VietnameseUnited States1,605,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG043501VietnameseCanada258,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG033510VietnameseGermany83,500Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG033474VietnameseVietnam85,780,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG024326VietnameseUzbekistan450Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG050598VietnameseHong Kong46,500Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG018514VietnameseNew Zealand4,900No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG016394VietnameseMartinique375Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG010933VietnameseThailand119,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG008197VietnameseCambodia535,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG008087VietnameseAustralia337,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG000207VietnameseFrance656,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG000777VietnameseCzech Republic60,500Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG000694VietnameseUnited Kingdom100,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG050595VietnameseMacao18,500Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseFolk Buddhism
VietnamesePG050668VietnameseJapan654,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseEthnoreligion
VietnamesePG020963VietnameseLaos139,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseEthnoreligion
VietnamesePG046599VietnameseMalaysia85,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseConfucianism
VietnamesePG007420VietnameseChina2,800Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseAtheism
VietnamesePG048427VietnameseTaiwan217,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseAncestor Worship
VietnamesePG048428VietnameseRussian Federation150,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseAncestor Worship

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