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The Bouyei of Vietnam

The Bouyei of Vietnam, numbering approximately 2,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a small Tai-Kadai-speaking community tracing roots to South China's ancient Bai Yue and Yelang kingdom peoples, settled in Vietnam's Muong Khuong and Quan Ba districts as the Tu Di subgroup among the country's recognized minorities. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Bouyei is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Vietnam
People Cluster: Bouyei
Primary Language(s): Bouyei (pcc)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 2,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011111
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bouyei
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

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Bouyei Speakers

Media Resources in Bouyei:

Films:
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2 films

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Bible Resources in Bouyei:

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1 entry

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Or check out the Bouyei bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bouyei are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Bouyei:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Bouyei of Vietnam

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that those who have not yet received new life will be made alive together with Christ, saved by grace and raised up with Him to newness of life.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 8:38-39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence in their salvation, knowing that nothing can separate them from the One who conquered death and loves them as His children.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
readJohn 1:5

Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

Bouyei Across Countries (ROP3 - 114016) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
BouyeiPG006696BouyeiChina3,210,000Engaged yet UnreachedBouyeiEthnoreligion
BouyeiPG011111BouyeiVietnam2,000Engaged yet UnreachedBouyeiChinese Folk Religion

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