Vietnamese of Vietnam (PGID: PG033474)

The Vietnamese of Vietnam

The Vietnamese of Vietnam, numbering approximately 85,770,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnic Kinh community indigenous to Vietnam. They mostly adhere to Mahayana Buddhism and Vietnamese is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Vietnam
People Cluster: Vietnamese
Primary Language(s): Vietnamese (vie)
Primary Religion(s): Mahayana Buddhism
Population: 85,770,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG033474
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Mahayana Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

54%

Mahayana Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Vietnamese
Language Family: Austroasiatic

100%

Vietnamese Speakers

Media Resources in Vietnamese:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

4 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Vietnamese:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
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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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese:

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 Vietnamese of Vietnam

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
Proverbs 4:19

Pray that lost people will accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:10

Pray that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven, and that people will seek His kingdom and righteousness above all else, trusting in His provision.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Philippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
Psalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

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

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24 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country ▼	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG033474	Vietnamese	Vietnam	85,770,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG011093	Vietnamese	Vanuatu	500	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Roman Catholicism
PG024326	Vietnamese	Uzbekistan	450	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG043675	Vietnamese	United States	1,605,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG000694	Vietnamese	United Kingdom	100,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG010933	Vietnamese	Thailand	119,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG048427	Vietnamese	Taiwan	217,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Ancestor Worship
PG048428	Vietnamese	Russian Federation	150,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Ancestor Worship
PG018514	Vietnamese	New Zealand	4,900	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG018377	Vietnamese	New Caledonia	4,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Roman Catholicism
PG000445	Vietnamese	Netherlands	8,800	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG016394	Vietnamese	Martinique	375	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG046599	Vietnamese	Malaysia	85,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Confucianism
PG050595	Vietnamese	Macao	18,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Folk Buddhism
PG020963	Vietnamese	Laos	139,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Ethnoreligion
PG050668	Vietnamese	Japan	654,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Ethnoreligion
PG050598	Vietnamese	Hong Kong	46,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG033510	Vietnamese	Germany	83,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG000207	Vietnamese	France	656,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG000777	Vietnamese	Czech Republic	60,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG007420	Vietnamese	China	2,800	Unengaged and Unreached	Vietnamese	Atheism
PG043501	Vietnamese	Canada	258,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG008197	Vietnamese	Cambodia	535,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism
PG008087	Vietnamese	Australia	336,000	No Longer Unreached	Vietnamese	Mahayana Buddhism

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