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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.

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

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

7%
%
Roman Catholicism 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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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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

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

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
readIsaiah 40:11

Pray that the lost will come to know the tender care of the Good Shepherd, who gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
readPsalm 22:27

Pray that all families of the nations will worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
readEphesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

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
VietnamesePG033474VietnameseVietnam85,730,000Engaged 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
VietnamesePG008087VietnameseAustralia336,000No 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
VietnamesePG050668VietnameseJapan653,000Engaged 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

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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