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The Brao of Vietnam

The Brao of Vietnam, numbering approximately 400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnic group indigenous to both sides of the Cambodia-Laos border. They mostly adhere to Animism and Brao is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Vietnam
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Brao (brb)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011112
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

86%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Brao
Language Family: Austroasiatic

100%
%
Brao Speakers

Media Resources in Brao:

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Bible Resources in Brao:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Brao 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 Brao:
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 Brao of Vietnam

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
read2 Timothy 2:2

Pray that the lost will come to faith in Christ and be discipled in the truth of the gospel, becoming faithful followers of Jesus who, in turn, make disciples themselves.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
readColossians 4:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving, as they bring needs before the Lord.

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
readIsaiah 51:11

Pray that, as God sends people to cross cultures and share the good news of Jesus, many will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith and start a personal relationship with Him that will bring them everlasting joy.

Brao Across Countries (ROP3 - 101655) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BraoPG043179BraoUnited States100Unengaged and UnreachedBraoEthnoreligion
BraoPG018251BraoCambodia9,000No Longer UnreachedBraoAnimism
BraoPG011112BraoVietnam400No Longer UnreachedBraoAnimism
BraoPG009101BraoLaos26,000Unengaged and UnreachedBraoAnimism

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

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