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The Vietnamese of New Caledonia

The Vietnamese of New Caledonia, numbering approximately 4,200 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: New Caledonia
People Cluster: Vietnamese
Primary Language(s): Vietnamese (vie)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 4,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG018377
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Pray for the Vietnamese of New Caledonia

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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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Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Vietnamese of New Caledonia

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
readJohn 11:25

Pray for the many who have never heard about or understood the importance of what Jesus did for them, asking God to make a way for them to hear that the perfect Son of Man suffered, died, and rose again so that they might be saved.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
read2 Corinthians 3:16

Give thanks to God for believers around the world who are willing to cross cultures to share the gospel with those who are perishing. Pray that He will work through their witness to draw many to turn to Him.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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24 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
VietnamesePG007420VietnameseChina2,800Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseAtheism
VietnamesePG011093VietnameseVanuatu500Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseRoman Catholicism
VietnamesePG016394VietnameseMartinique375Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG018377VietnameseNew Caledonia4,200Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseRoman Catholicism
VietnamesePG024326VietnameseUzbekistan450Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG050595VietnameseMacao18,500Unengaged and UnreachedVietnameseFolk Buddhism
VietnamesePG000207VietnameseFrance656,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG000694VietnameseUnited Kingdom100,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG000777VietnameseCzech Republic60,500Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG008197VietnameseCambodia535,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG033474VietnameseVietnam85,770,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG033510VietnameseGermany83,500Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG043501VietnameseCanada258,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG043675VietnameseUnited States1,605,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG048427VietnameseTaiwan217,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseAncestor Worship
VietnamesePG048428VietnameseRussian Federation150,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseAncestor Worship
VietnamesePG050598VietnameseHong Kong46,500Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG050668VietnameseJapan654,000Engaged yet UnreachedVietnameseEthnoreligion
VietnamesePG000445VietnameseNetherlands8,800No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG008087VietnameseAustralia336,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG010933VietnameseThailand119,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG018514VietnameseNew Zealand4,900No Longer UnreachedVietnameseMahayana Buddhism
VietnamesePG020963VietnameseLaos139,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseEthnoreligion
VietnamesePG046599VietnameseMalaysia85,000No Longer UnreachedVietnameseConfucianism

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