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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Arem of Vietnam

The Arem of Vietnam, numbering approximately 175 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Vietnam They are an Indigenous people, with Arem as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Mon-Khmer people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Vietnamese is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Vietnam
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Vietnamese (vie)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 175
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011107
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Vietnamese
Language Family: Austroasiatic

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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

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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

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Pray specifically for the Arem of Vietnam

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
readLuke 9:42

Pray that those who are living outside of the hope of the gospel will know and trust that Jesus offers freedom from the oppression of sin and hope in eternal life.

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them
readMatthew 4:24

Pray that the truth about the Lord will spread throughout the land so that many will have an opportunity to receive the good news and put their faith in Him.

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
readPsalm 89:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will declare and record His faithfulness and love to be passed on from generation to generation.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Arem Across Countries (ROP3 - 100487) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AremPG009094AremLaos900Unengaged and UnreachedLaoAnimism
AremPG011107AremVietnam175Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseEthnoreligion

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