Vietnamese of Vanuatu (PGID: PG011093)

PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Vietnamese of Vanuatu

The Vietnamese of Vanuatu, numbering approximately 500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnic Kinh community indigenous to Vietnam. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Vietnamese is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Vanuatu
People Cluster: Vietnamese
Primary Language(s): Vietnamese (vie)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011093
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Vietnamese
Language Family: Austroasiatic

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Vietnamese Speakers

Media Resources in Vietnamese:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

4 films

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Bible Resources in Vietnamese:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
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

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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): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% 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

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Pray specifically for the Vietnamese of Vanuatu

I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
Isaiah 42:8

Pray that lost people will turn from worthless idols to worship the one true God, recognizing that He alone is worthy of all glory and praise.

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
Psalm 19:1-2

Pray that the lost will see the glory of God revealed in the heavens, that they will hear the good news, and that their hearts will be softened to respond to God’s call, turning to Him in repentance and faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
Matthew 18:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they find other believers to pray with, and that they will trust God to answer their requests according to His will.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Pray that God will raise up believers to go to the lost and faithfully proclaim the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection so that all may have an opportunity to access and believe.

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

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24 people groups

People Group ID ▲	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG000207	Vietnamese	France	656,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG000445	Vietnamese	Netherlands	8,800	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG000694	Vietnamese	United Kingdom	100,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG000777	Vietnamese	Czech Republic	60,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG007420	Vietnamese	China	2,800	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Atheism
PG008087	Vietnamese	Australia	336,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG008197	Vietnamese	Cambodia	535,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG010933	Vietnamese	Thailand	119,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG011093	Vietnamese	Vanuatu	500	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Roman Catholicism
PG016394	Vietnamese	Martinique	375	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG018377	Vietnamese	New Caledonia	4,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Roman Catholicism
PG018514	Vietnamese	New Zealand	4,900	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG020963	Vietnamese	Laos	139,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Ethnoreligion
PG024326	Vietnamese	Uzbekistan	450	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG033474	Vietnamese	Vietnam	85,730,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG033510	Vietnamese	Germany	83,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG043501	Vietnamese	Canada	258,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG043675	Vietnamese	United States	1,605,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG046599	Vietnamese	Malaysia	85,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Confucianism
PG048427	Vietnamese	Taiwan	217,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Ancestor Worship
PG048428	Vietnamese	Russian Federation	150,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Ancestor Worship
PG050595	Vietnamese	Macao	18,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Folk Buddhism
PG050598	Vietnamese	Hong Kong	46,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG050668	Vietnamese	Japan	653,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Ethnoreligion

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