Editing Vietnamese people (section)

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{{Short description|Southeast Asian ethnic group}}
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| group            = Vietnamese people / Kinh people<br/>{{nobold|''Viet''}}
| native_name      = người Việt / người Kinh
| native_name_lang = vi
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| population       = {{circa}} '''89 million'''<br/><br/>
[[File:Map of the Vietnamnese Diaspora in the World.svg|center|frameless|280x280px]]
| region1          = {{flag|Vietnam}}
| pop1             = 82,085,826 <small>([[2019 Vietnamese census|2019]])</small>
| ref1             = <ref name="Census2019">{{cite book
| author = [[General Statistics Office of Vietnam]] | year = 2019 | url = https://www.gso.gov.vn/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ket-qua-toan-bo-Tong-dieu-tra-dan-so-va-nha-o-2019.pdf | title = Kết quả Toàn bộ Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở năm 2019 (Completed Results of the 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census) | publisher = Statistical Publishing House (Vietnam) | isbn= 978-604-75-1532-5 | archive-date = 10 January 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210110045640/https://www.gso.gov.vn/du-lieu-va-so-lieu-thong-ke/2020/11/ket-qua-toan-bo-tong-dieu-tra-dan-so-va-nha-o-nam-2019/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| region2          = {{flag|United States}}
| pop2             = [[Vietnamese Americans|2,347,344]] <small>(2023)</small>
| ref2             = <ref name="AsianPop">{{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B02018?q=B02018 |title=Asian Alone or in Combination With One or More Other Races, and With One or More Asian Categories for Selected Groups |year=2022 |work=[[United States Census Bureau]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Commerce]] |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
| region3          = {{flag|Cambodia}}
| pop3             = 400,000–1,000,000
| ref3             = <ref name="cambodia">{{Cite news |last=Mauk |first=Ben |date=28 March 2018 |title=A People in Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/28/magazine/cambodia-persecuted-minority-water-refuge.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525115503/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/28/magazine/cambodia-persecuted-minority-water-refuge.html?mtrref=undefined&gwh=11C8371A6EBD8A2D20EA0F3305BF060D&gwt=pay&assetType=PAYWALL |archive-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
| region4          = {{flag|Japan}}
| pop4             = [[Vietnamese people in Japan|634,361]] <small>(2024)</small>
| ref4             = <ref>{{Cite web|date=18 October 2024|title=令和６年末現在における在留外国人数について|trans-title=Number of Foreign Residents as of June 2024 |publisher=Immigration Services Agency|url=https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/publications/press/13_00052.html| access-date= 4 April 2025}}</ref>
| region5          = {{flag|France}}
| pop5             = [[Vietnamese people in France|400,000]] <small>(2022)</small>
| ref5             = <ref>[https://lecourrier.vn/pour-le-succes-du-riz-vietnamien-dans-sa-conquete-du-marche-francais/1062031.html Pour le succès du riz vietnamien dans sa conquête du marché français], ''[[Le Courrier du Vietnam]]'', 7 September 2022 (in French)</ref>
| region6          = {{flag|Australia}}
| pop6             = [[Vietnamese Australians|334,781]] <small>([[2021 Australian census|2021]])</small>
| ref6             = <ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Census Community Profiles |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629022350/https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS |archive-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>
| region7          = {{flag|Canada}}
| pop7             = 275,530 <small>([[2021 Canadian census|2021]])</small>
| ref7             = <ref name="Canada 2021 Census">{{cite web | title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population| date=9 February 2022| publisher=[[Statistics Canada]]| url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm | access-date= 12 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212114340/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm |archive-date=12 December 2022}}</ref>
| region8          = {{flag|Taiwan}}
| pop8             = 259,375 <small>(2024)</small>{{efn|The number of Vietnamese nationals currently in Taiwan with a valid residence permit was 259,375 as of 30 April 2024 (155,147 males, 104,228 females). The number of Vietnamese nationals with a valid residence permit in Taiwan (including those currently not in Taiwan) was 295,051 as of 30 April 2024 (174,108 males, 120,943 females).<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2024 |script-title=zh:外僑居留人數統計表11209|trans-title=Statistical Table for the Number of Foreign Residents as of April 2024|url=https://www.immigration.gov.tw/media/104412/%E5%A4%96%E5%83%91%E5%B1%85%E7%95%99%E4%BA%BA%E6%95%B8%E7%B5%B1%E8%A8%88%E8%A1%A811304.xls |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614041015/https://www.immigration.gov.tw/media/104412/%E5%A4%96%E5%83%91%E5%B1%85%E7%95%99%E4%BA%BA%E6%95%B8%E7%B5%B1%E8%A8%88%E8%A1%A811304.xls|archive-date=14 June 2024|access-date=14 June 2024|website=National Immigration Agency, Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China (Taiwan)}}</ref> The number of foreign spouses of Vietnamese origin in Taiwan was 111,529 as of April 2022 (2,383 males, 109,146 females).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |script-title=zh:統計資料|trans-title=Statistics|url=https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5385/7344/7350/8887/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527063015/https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5385/7344/7350/8887/ |archive-date=27 May 2022 |access-date=27 May 2022 |website=National Immigration Agency, Ministry of the Interior, Republic of China (Taiwan)}}</ref> According to the [[Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)|Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior]], between 1993 and 2021, 94,015 Vietnamese nationals became naturalized citizens in the Republic of China.<ref>{{Cite web |title=國籍之歸化取得人數 |url=https://statis.moi.gov.tw/micst/stmain.jsp?sys=220&ym=8200&ymt=11000&kind=21&type=1&funid=c0150101&cycle=4&outmode=0&compmode=0&outkind=1&fld6=1&cod00=1&cod10=1&rdm=b3xnxWlZ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531094516/https://statis.moi.gov.tw/micst/stmain.jsp?sys=220&ym=8200&ymt=11000&kind=21&type=1&funid=c0150101&cycle=4&outmode=0&compmode=0&outkind=1&fld6=1&cod00=1&cod10=1&rdm=b3xnxWlZ |archive-date=31 May 2022 |access-date=31 May 2022 |website=[[Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)]]}}</ref> It was also estimated that 70% of [[Vietnamese migrant brides in Taiwan|Vietnamese brides in Taiwan]] had obtained Taiwanese nationality as of 2014,<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 January 2014 |title=Cô dâu Việt ở Đài Loan và muôn nẻo kiếm tìm hạnh phúc |work=[[Voice of Vietnam]] |url=https://vov.vn/xa-hoi/co-dau-viet-o-dai-loan-va-muon-neo-kiem-tim-hanh-phuc-307687.vov |url-status=live |access-date=29 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529171349/https://vov.vn/xa-hoi/co-dau-viet-o-dai-loan-va-muon-neo-kiem-tim-hanh-phuc-307687.vov |archive-date=29 May 2022}}</ref> with many renouncing Vietnamese citizenship in the process of naturalization, in accordance with [[Taiwanese nationality law|Taiwanese law]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKinsey |first=Kitty |date=14 February 2007 |title=Divorce leaves some Vietnamese women broken-hearted and stateless |work=[[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] |url=https://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2007/2/45d324428/divorce-leaves-vietnamese-women-broken-hearted-stateless.html |access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref><br/>
An estimated 200,000 children were born to Vietnamese mothers and Taiwanese fathers, according to a report by [[Voice of Vietnam]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 March 2014 |title=Những cô dâu dạy tiếng Việt ở xứ Đài |work=[[Voice of Vietnam]] |url=https://vov.vn/doi-song/nhung-co-dau-day-tieng-viet-o-xu-dai-317553.vov |url-status=live |access-date=29 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529153903/https://vov.vn/doi-song/nhung-co-dau-day-tieng-viet-o-xu-dai-317553.vov |archive-date=29 May 2022}}</ref> According to [[Ministry of Education (Taiwan)|Taiwanese Ministry of Education]], in 2021, 105,237 children born to foreign spouses of Vietnamese origin were enrolled in educational institutions across Taiwan (4,601 in kindergartens, 23,719 in primary schools, 17,904 in secondary schools, 31,497 in high schools, and 27,516 in universities/colleges),<ref>{{Cite report|title=110 學年度 各級學校新住民子女就學概況|publisher=Department of Statistics – Ministry of Education, Taiwan |publication-date=November 2022 |url=https://stats.moe.gov.tw/files/analysis/110_son_of_foreign.pdf |access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref> a decrease of nearly 3,000 students compared to the previous year, which recorded a total of 108,037 students (5,168 in kindergartens, 25,752 in primary schools, 22,462 in secondary schools, 33,430 in high schools, and 21,225 in universities/colleges).<ref>{{Cite report|title=109 學年度 各級學校新住民子女就學概況|publisher=Department of Statistics – Ministry of Education, Taiwan |publication-date=November 2021 |url=https://stats.moe.gov.tw/files/analysis/109_son_of_foreign.pdf |access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref> }}–470,000<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nguyen |first=Rosie |date=19 August 2022 |title=Vietnamese Culture Promoted in Taiwan |work=VietnamTimes |publisher=[[:vi:Liên hiệp các tổ chức Hữu nghị Việt Nam|Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations]] |url=https://vietnamtimes.org.vn/vietnamese-culture-promoted-in-taiwan-46139.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711092734/https://vietnamtimes.org.vn/vietnamese-culture-promoted-in-taiwan-46139.html |archive-date=11 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nguyễn |first=Lucy |date=20 February 2017 |title=Lao động Việt ở Đài Loan: Nhọc nhằn đổi giọt mồ hôi |work=[[Thanh Niên]] |url=https://thanhnien.vn/lao-dong-viet-o-dai-loan-nhoc-nhan-doi-giot-mo-hoi-185629288.htm |url-status=live |access-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824111459/https://thanhnien.vn/lao-dong-viet-o-dai-loan-nhoc-nhan-doi-giot-mo-hoi-185629288.htm |archive-date=24 August 2023}}</ref>
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| region9          = {{flag|Germany}}
| pop9             = [[Vietnamese people in Germany|215,000]] <small>(2024)</small>
| ref9             = <ref>{{cite web |title=Bevölkerung in Privathaushalten nach Migrationshintergrund im weiteren Sinn nach ausgewählten Geburtsstaaten| publisher=Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Statistisches Bundesamt)|date=2 April 2024 |url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Tabellen/migrationshintergrund-staatsangehoerigkeit-staaten.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428145232/https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Tabellen/migrationshintergrund-staatsangehoerigkeit-staaten.html|archive-date=28 April 2024|url-status=live |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
| region10         = {{flag|South Korea}}
| pop10            = 209,373 <small>(2022)</small>{{efn|According to a report released by the [[Ministry of the Interior and Safety (South Korea)|Ministry of the Interior and Safety]], as of 2022, there were 209,373 Vietnamese nationals in South Korea (those without Korean nationality), including 41,555 foreign workers; 36,362 marriage immigrants; 68,181 international students and 63,274 people classified as "Others". Additionally, the report revealed that 50,660 Vietnamese individuals had acquired Korean nationality, and there were also 103,295 children born to parents of Vietnamese origin in South Korea.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 November 2023 |title=(통계표) 2022 지방자치단체 외국인주민 현황 통계표 |trans-title=2022 Local Government Foreign Residents Statistics |work=[[Ministry of the Interior and Safety (South Korea)]] |url=https://www.mois.go.kr/cmm/fms/FileDown.do?atchFileId=FILE_00122524JiY0kO9&fileSn=0 |url-status=live |access-date=9 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109104143/https://www.mois.go.kr/cmm/fms/FileDown.do?atchFileId=FILE_00122524JiY0kO9&fileSn=0 |archive-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>}}
| region11         = {{flag|Russia}}
| pop11            = 13,954<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Materials/pril2_dok2.xlsx |title=Национальный состав населения по субъектам Российской Федерации |access-date=5 April 2020 |archive-date=8 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208222034/http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/Documents/Materials/pril2_dok2.xlsx |url-status=dead }}</ref>–150,000<ref>{{cite book|author1=L. Anh Hoang |author2=Cheryll Alipio |title=Money and Moralities in Contemporary Asia |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |page=64|year=2019|quote=It is estimated that there are up to 150,000 Vietnamese migrants in Russia, but the vast majority of them are undocumented.|isbn=9789048543151}}</ref>
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| region12         = {{flag|Thailand}}
| pop12            = 100,000<ref>{{Cite news |author=Đình Nam |date=22 May 2022 |title=Phó Thủ tướng Vũ Đức Đam gặp gỡ cộng đồng người Việt tại Thái Lan |work=Báo điện tử Chính phủ |url=https://baochinhphu.vn/pho-thu-tuong-vu-duc-dam-gap-go-cong-dong-nguoi-viet-tai-thai-lan-102220522185639861.htm |url-status=live |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526150247/https://baochinhphu.vn/pho-thu-tuong-vu-duc-dam-gap-go-cong-dong-nguoi-viet-tai-thai-lan-102220522185639861.htm |archive-date=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author1=Hoàng Hoa |author2=Ngọc Quang |date=25 August 2019 |title=Chủ tịch Quốc hội gặp gỡ cộng đồng người Việt Nam tại Thái Lan |work=Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper |url=https://dangcongsan.vn/lanh-dao-dang-nha-nuoc/chu-tich-quoc-hoi-gap-go-cong-dong-nguoi-viet-nam-tai-thai-lan-532902.html |url-status=live |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525143852/https://dangcongsan.vn/lanh-dao-dang-nha-nuoc/chu-tich-quoc-hoi-gap-go-cong-dong-nguoi-viet-nam-tai-thai-lan-532902.html |archive-date=25 May 2022|agency=[[Vietnam News Agency]]}}</ref>–500,000<ref>{{Cite news |author=Xuân Nguyên |date=25 November 2015 |title=Người Việt bán hàng rong ở Thái Lan |work=Radio Free Asia |url=https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/in_depth/vn-street-vendors-in-thailand-11242015074543.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525144049/https://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/in_depth/vn-street-vendors-in-thailand-11242015074543.html |archive-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
| region13         = {{flag|Laos}}
| pop13            = 100,000
| ref13            = <ref>{{Cite news |date=10 August 2021 |title=Chủ tịch nước thăm cộng đồng người Việt tại Lào |work=[[Voice of Vietnam]] |url=https://vov.vn/chinh-tri/chu-tich-nuoc-tham-cong-dong-nguoi-viet-tai-lao-881569.vov |url-status=live |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525143517/https://vov.vn/chinh-tri/chu-tich-nuoc-tham-cong-dong-nguoi-viet-tai-lao-881569.vov |archive-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
| region14         = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| pop14            = 90,000<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Barber |first1=Tamsin |title=Differentiated embedding among the Vietnamese refugees in London and the UK: fragmentation, complexity, and 'in/visibility' |journal=Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |date=31 December 2021 |volume=47 |issue=21 |pages=4835–4852 |doi=10.1080/1369183X.2020.1724414 |doi-access=free }}</ref>–100,000<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 November 2021 |title=PM meets Vietnamese community in UK |work=VietnamPlus |agency=[[Vietnam News Agency]] |url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/pm-meets-vietnamese-community-in-uk/211668.vnp |url-status=live |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526152023/https://en.vietnamplus.vn/pm-meets-vietnamese-community-in-uk/211668.vnp |archive-date=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref name=RM>{{cite web|url=https://vnembassy-london.mofa.gov.vn/en-us/Vietnamese%20Community/Pages/Vietnam-who-after-30-years-in-the-UK.aspx|title=Vietnam who after 30 years in the UK|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
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| region15         = {{flag|Malaysia}}
| pop15            = 80,000
| ref15            = <ref>{{Cite news |date=16 March 2015 |title=Viet Nam, Malaysia's trade unions ink agreement to strengthen protection of migrant workers |work=[[International Labour Organization]] |url=https://www.ilo.org/hanoi/Informationresources/Publicinformation/newsitems/WCMS_353252/lang--en/index.htm |url-status=live |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526150531/https://www.ilo.org/hanoi/Informationresources/Publicinformation/newsitems/WCMS_353252/ |archive-date=26 May 2022 }}</ref>
| region16         = {{flag|Czech Republic}}
| pop16            = 60,000–80,000
| ref16            = <ref name=economist0427>{{Cite news |date=27 April 2019 |title=Vietnamese migrants are thriving in Poland and the Czech Republic |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/04/27/vietnamese-migrants-are-thriving-in-poland-and-the-czech-republic |url-status=live |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526145445/https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/04/27/vietnamese-migrants-are-thriving-in-poland-and-the-czech-republic |archive-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
| region17         = {{flag|Poland}}
| pop17            = 40,000–50,000
| ref17            = <ref name=economist0427/>
| region18         = {{flag|Angola}}
| pop18            = 40,000
| ref18            = <ref>{{Cite news |author=Lý Hà |date=11 June 2019 |title=Lời cảnh tỉnh cho người xuất khẩu lao động |work=Báo Công an Nhân dân |url=https://cand.com.vn/Phong-su-Tieu-diem/Loi-canh-tinh-cho-nguoi-xuat-khau-lao-dong-i524510/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527071039/https://cand.com.vn/Phong-su-Tieu-diem/Loi-canh-tinh-cho-nguoi-xuat-khau-lao-dong-i524510/ |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author1=Quốc Anh |author2=Trọng Hoàng |date=12 March 2016 |title=Phần lớn lao động Việt Nam tại Angola hiện nay là trái phép |work=[[Vietnam Television]] |url=https://vtv.vn/trong-nuoc/phan-lon-lao-dong-viet-nam-tai-angola-hien-nay-la-trai-phep-20160312073911637.htm |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527071025/https://vtv.vn/trong-nuoc/phan-lon-lao-dong-viet-nam-tai-angola-hien-nay-la-trai-phep-20160312073911637.htm |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
| region19         = {{flag|Mainland China}}
| pop19            = 42,000<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hà Văn |date=25 June 2023 |title=Thủ tướng thăm Đại sứ quán và gặp gỡ cộng đồng người Việt Nam tại Trung Quốc |work=Báo điện tử Chính phủ |url=https://baochinhphu.vn/thu-tuong-tham-dai-su-quan-va-gap-go-cong-dong-nguoi-viet-nam-tai-trung-quoc-102230625175811839.htm |url-status=live |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626045217/https://baochinhphu.vn/thu-tuong-tham-dai-su-quan-va-gap-go-cong-dong-nguoi-viet-nam-tai-trung-quoc-102230625175811839.htm |archive-date=26 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hẳng |date=26 June 2023 |title=Thủ tướng: 42.000 người Việt Nam ở Trung Quốc là cầu nối hữu nghị giữa hai nước |work=Vietnamnet |url=https://vietnamnet.vn/thu-tuong-42-000-nguoi-viet-nam-o-trung-quoc-la-cau-noi-huu-nghi-giua-hai-nuoc-2158309.html |url-status=live |access-date=26 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626045427/https://vietnamnet.vn/thu-tuong-42-000-nguoi-viet-nam-o-trung-quoc-la-cau-noi-huu-nghi-giua-hai-nuoc-2158309.html |archive-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>–303,000<ref>{{Cite news|author1=Quỳnh Trang|author2=Tạ Lư|date=7 February 2022|title=Kiều hối về Việt Nam nhiều cỡ nào?|work=[[VnExpress]]|url=https://vnexpress.net/kieu-hoi-ve-viet-nam-nhieu-co-nao-4421073.html}}</ref>{{efn|This data only included Vietnamese Nationals in Mainland China, Excluding [[Gin people]] and data in [[Vietnamese people in Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], Macau and [[Vietnamese people in Taiwan|Taiwan]].}}/33,112 ([[2020 Chinese census|2020]])<ref>{{cite web|title=2–22. Population by ethnic groups and gender|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2021/indexeh.htm|access-date=10 December 2021|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]]}}</ref>{{efn|this data only included [[Gin people]] in Mainland China.}}
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| region20         = {{flag|Norway}}
| pop20            = 28,114 <small>(2022)</small>
| ref20            = <ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 2022 |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/innvandrere/statistikk/innvandrere-og-norskfodte-med-innvandrerforeldre |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526153643/https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/innvandrere/statistikk/innvandrere-og-norskfodte-med-innvandrerforeldre |archive-date=26 May 2022 |access-date=26 May 2022 |website=Statistisk sentralbyrå (Statistics Norway)}}</ref>
| region21         = {{flag|Netherlands}}
| pop21            = 24,594 <small>(2021)</small>
| ref21            = <ref name="Ref-1">{{cite web |url=https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/en/dataset/37325eng/table?ts=1612264485037|title=Population; sex, age, migration background and generation, 1 January|publisher=Statistics Netherlands|access-date=2 February 2021}}</ref>
| region22         = {{flag|Sweden}}
| pop22            = 21,528 <small>(2021)</small>
| ref22            = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101E/FodelselandArK/?rxid=1efd6c8a-8ac9-47d9-af29-dabd3da04da2|title=Population by country of birth and year|access-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
| region23         = {{flag|Macau}}
| pop23            = 20,000 <small>(2018)</small>
| ref23            = <ref>{{Cite news |date=6 January 2018 |title=Việt Nam opens consulate office in China's Macau |work=VietNamNews |url=https://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/420703/viet-nam-opens-consulate-office-in-chinas-macau.html |url-status=live |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526154853/https://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/420703/viet-nam-opens-consulate-office-in-chinas-macau.html |archive-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
| region24         = {{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
| pop24            = 20,000
| ref24            = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://uae-embassy.ae/Embassies/vn/Content/1758|title=Embassy of the UAE in Hanoi » Vietnam – UAE Relations-Bilateral relations between UAE – Vietnam|access-date=25 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110092112/http://uae-embassy.ae/Embassies/vn/Content/1758|archive-date=10 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| region25         = {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
| pop25            = 20,000
| ref25            = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://vnembassy-riyadh.mofa.gov.vn/vi-vn/Vietnamese%20Community/Trang/C%E1%BB%98NG-%C4%90%E1%BB%92NG-NG%C6%AF%E1%BB%9CI-VI%E1%BB%86T-NAM-%E1%BB%9E-%E1%BA%A2-R%E1%BA%ACP-X%C3%8A-%C3%9AT-M%E1%BB%AANG-XU%C3%82N-%E1%BA%A4T-M%C3%99I---2015.aspx|title=Cộng Đồng Người Việt Nam ở Ả-Rập Xê-Út Mừng Xuân Ất Mùi – 2015|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/forum-50979916|title=Người trong cuộc kể lại cuộc sống "như nô lệ" của lao động Việt ở Ả Rập Saudi|date=3 January 2020|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voatiengviet.com/a/tinh-canh-osin-viet-o-saudi-bi-boc-lot-bo-doi/4585020.html|title=Tình cảnh 'Ô-sin' Việt ở Saudi: bị bóc lột, bỏ đói|date=25 September 2018 |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
| region26         = {{flag|Slovakia}}
| pop26            = 7,235<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dlhopolec |first=Peter |date=3 March 2022 |title=The Vietnamese campaign for their rights: "We belong here" |work=The Slovak Spectator |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22852755/the-vietnamese-campaign-for-their-rights-we-belong-here.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527075131/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/22852755/the-vietnamese-campaign-for-their-rights-we-belong-here.html |archive-date=27 May 2022 |quote=The 2021 data published by the Foreigners' Police reveals that 7,235 people from Vietnam have permanent or temporary residence in the country.}}</ref>–20,000<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rédli |first=Erik |date=28 July 2015 |title=Slovakia's 'invisible minority' counters migration fears |work=The Slovak Spectator |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20059086/slovakias-invisible-minority-counters-migration-fears.html|url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527075143/https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20059086/slovakias-invisible-minority-counters-migration-fears.html |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
| region27         = {{flag|Denmark}}
| pop27            = 16,141 <small>(2022)</small>
| ref27            = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=1600|work=Statistics Denmark|title=FOLK1C: Population at the first day of the quarter by region, sex, age (5 years age groups), ancestry and country of origin|language=en}}</ref>
| region28         = {{flag|Singapore}}
| pop28            = 15,000
| ref28            = <ref name=cna21072021>{{Cite news |last1=Lim |first1=Vanessa |last2=Min |first2=Ang Hwee |date=21 July 2021 |title=Vice activities by some Vietnamese in Singapore not representative of residents here: Embassy official |work=[[CNA (TV network)]] |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-ktv-cluster-vietnamese-woman-discrimination-2044436 |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527075721/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/covid-19-ktv-cluster-vietnamese-woman-discrimination-2044436 |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
| region29         = {{flag|Belgium}}
| pop29            = 12,000–15,000
| ref29            = <ref>{{Cite news |author=Hoàng Hải |date=22 May 2019 |title=Người Việt ở Bỉ và Đảng cộng sản kiểu mới, trẻ và hiện đại |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/forum-48346702 |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527075910/https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/forum-48346702 |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
| region30         = {{flag|Finland}}
| pop30            = 13,291 <small>(2021)</small>
| ref30            = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/|title=StatFin|website=Tilastokeskus (Statistics Finland)|access-date=25 May 2022|archive-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929112317/https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| region31         = {{flag|Cyprus}}
| pop31            = 12,000
| ref31            = <ref name=vietcelebratetet>{{Cite news |date=4 March 2015 |title=Vietnamese in Cyprus, Laos celebrate traditional New Year |work=VietnamPlus |agency=[[Vietnam News Agency]] |url=https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnamese-in-cyprus-laos-celebrate-traditional-new-year/72508.vnp |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527081653/https://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnamese-in-cyprus-laos-celebrate-traditional-new-year/72508.vnp |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=18 September 2015 |title=Deputy FM meets Vietnamese nationals in Cyprus |work=[[Nhân Dân]] |url=https://en.nhandan.vn/politics/external-relations/item/3631302-deputy-fm-meets-vietnamese-nationals-in-cyprus.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527081806/https://en.nhandan.vn/politics/external-relations/item/3631302-deputy-fm-meets-vietnamese-nationals-in-cyprus.html |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
| region32         = {{flag|New Zealand}}
| pop32            = 10,086 <small>(2018)</small>
| ref32            = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2018-census-ethnic-groups-dataset|title=2018 Census ethnic groups dataset {{pipe}} Stats NZ|website=www.stats.govt.nz}}</ref>
| region33         = {{flag|Switzerland}}
| pop33            = 8,000
| ref33            = <ref>{{Cite news |date=4 May 2020 |title=Vietnamese community in Switzerland support fight against coronavirus |work=VietNamNews |url=https://vietnamnews.vn/society/716142/vietnamese-community-in-switzerland-support-fight-against-coronavirus.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527082047/https://vietnamnews.vn/society/716142/vietnamese-community-in-switzerland-support-fight-against-coronavirus.html |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
| region34         = {{flag|Hungary}}
| pop34            = 7,304 <small>(2016)</small>
| ref34            = <ref name="KSH">{{cite book|last=Vukovich|first=Gabriella|url=http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/mikrocenzus2016/mikrocenzus_2016_12.pdf|title=Mikrocenzus 2016 – 12. Nemzetiségi adatok|trans-title=2016 microcensus – 12. Ethnic data|language=hu|publisher=Hungarian Central Statistical Office|location=Budapest|year=2018|access-date=9 January 2019|isbn=978-963-235-542-9}}</ref>
| region35         = {{flag|Ukraine}}
| pop35            = 7,000
| ref35            = <ref>{{Cite news |year=2022 |title=Hành trình trở về của người Việt tại Ukraine |work=[[Nhân Dân]] |url=https://special.nhandan.vn/hanh-trinh-tro-ve-cua-nguoi-viet-o-ukraine/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527072654/https://special.nhandan.vn/hanh-trinh-tro-ve-cua-nguoi-viet-o-ukraine/index.html |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=H. Chi |date=3 March 2022 |title=Nỗ lực tối đa bảo hộ công dân Việt Nam ở Ukraine |work=Báo Công an Nhân dân |url=https://cand.com.vn/su-kien-binh-luan-thoi-su/no-luc-toi-da-bao-ho-cong-dan-viet-nam-o-ukraine-i645856/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527072857/https://cand.com.vn/su-kien-binh-luan-thoi-su/no-luc-toi-da-bao-ho-cong-dan-viet-nam-o-ukraine-i645856/ |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
| region36         = {{flag|Ireland}}
| pop36            = 5,000
| ref36            = <ref>{{Cite news |author=Khánh Lan |date=25 May 2022 |title=Thúc đẩy quan hệ hợp tác trên nhiều mặt giữa Việt Nam và Ailen |work=Báo điện tử Đảng Cộng sản |url=https://dangcongsan.vn/doi-ngoai/thuc-day-quan-he-hop-tac-tren-nhieu-mat-giua-viet-nam-va-ailen-610789.html |url-status=live |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526152519/https://dangcongsan.vn/doi-ngoai/thuc-day-quan-he-hop-tac-tren-nhieu-mat-giua-viet-nam-va-ailen-610789.html |archive-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
| region37         = {{flag|Italy}}
| pop37            = 5,000
| ref37            = <ref>{{cite news|author1=Thu Trang|author2=Cẩm Lai|url=https://vovworld.vn/vi-VN/nguoi-viet-muon-phuong/nguoi-viet-tai-tam-dich-cua-italia-840383.vov|title=Người Việt tại tâm dịch của Italia|date=27 March 2020|language=vi|publisher=[[Voice of Vietnam]]|url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527082302/https://vovworld.vn/vi-VN/nguoi-viet-muon-phuong/nguoi-viet-tai-tam-dich-cua-italia-840383.vov |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
| region38         = {{flag|Austria}}
| pop38            = 5,000
| ref38            = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://hanoimoi.com.vn/tin-tuc/Nguoi-viet/959156/truyen-ngon-lua-van-hoa-cho-the-he-tre-nguoi-viet-tai-ao|date=23 February 2020|title=Truyền "ngọn lửa" văn hóa cho thế hệ trẻ người Việt tại Áo|language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author1=Phương Linh |author2=Hoàng Vũ |date=13 August 2018 |title=Cộng đồng người Việt tại Áo luôn hướng về Tổ quốc |work=Báo Quân đội Nhân dân |url=https://www.qdnd.vn/chinh-tri/tin-tuc/cong-dong-nguoi-viet-tai-ao-luon-huong-ve-to-quoc-546759 |url-status=live |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526152810/https://www.qdnd.vn/chinh-tri/tin-tuc/cong-dong-nguoi-viet-tai-ao-luon-huong-ve-to-quoc-546759 |archive-date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
| region39         = {{flag|Romania}}
| pop39            = 3,000
| ref39            = <ref>{{Cite news |date=21 March 2019 |title=Condiții inumane pentru muncitorii vietnamezi din România|work=Digi24|url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/economie/companii/video-conditii-inumane-pentru-muncitorii-vietnamezi-din-romania-1101543 |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527082457/https://www.digi24.ro/amphtml/stiri/economie/companii/video-conditii-inumane-pentru-muncitorii-vietnamezi-din-romania-1101543 |archive-date=27 May 2022|language=ro}}</ref>
| region40         = {{flag|Bulgaria}}
| pop40            = 2,500
| ref40            = <ref>{{Cite news |date=13 March 2019 |title=Lấy quốc tịch Châu Âu thông qua con đường Bulgaria |work=[[Tuổi Trẻ]] |url=https://tuoitre.vn/lay-quoc-tich-chau-au-thong-qua-con-duong-bulgaria-20190312164802233.htm |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527082733/https://tuoitre.vn/lay-quoc-tich-chau-au-thong-qua-con-duong-bulgaria-20190312164802233.htm |archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
| region41         = {{flag|India}}
| pop41            = 1,000 <small>(2020)</small>
| ref41            = <ref name=MPI>{{cite web|title=Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination|url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country-origin-and-destination|date=10 February 2014}}</ref>
| region42         = {{flag|Brazil}}
| pop42            = 888 <small>(2024)</small>
| ref42            = <ref>[https://www.nepo.unicamp.br/observatorio/bancointerativo/numeros-imigracao-internacional/sincre-sismigra/ Immigrants in Brazil (2024, in Portuguese)]</ref>
| languages        = [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], [[Vietnamese sign languages]]
| religions        = Predominantly [[Vietnamese folk religion]] syncretized with [[Mahayana Buddhism]]. Minorities of [[Christianity|Christians]] (mostly [[Roman Catholics]]) and other groups.<ref>[[Pew Research Center]]: ''[http://www.pewforum.org/global-religious-landscape.aspx The Global Religious Landscape 2010]''.</ref>
| related          = Other [[Vietic]] ethnic groups<br />([[Gin people|Gin]], [[Muong people|Muong]], [[Chứt people|Chứt]], [[Thổ people|Thổ]] peoples)
}}
{{Contains special characters|Vietnamese}}

The '''Vietnamese people''' ({{langx|vi|người Việt {{noitalic|}}}}, {{lit|1=Việt people|2=Việt humans}}) or the '''Kinh people''' ({{langx|vi|người Kinh {{noitalic|}}|lit=Metropolitan people}}), also recognized as the '''Viet people'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 April 2013 |title=Viet people – the majority ethnic group of Vietnam |url=https://vovworld.vn/en-US/content/ODc0Mjk=.vov |access-date=6 May 2023 |website=[[Voice of Vietnam|VOV]]World |publisher=[[Voice of Vietnam]] |language=en}}</ref> or the '''Viets''', are a [[Southeast Asia]]n [[ethnic group]] native to modern-day [[northern Vietnam]] and [[Dongxing, Guangxi|southern China]] who speak [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], the most widely spoken [[Austroasiatic language]].

Vietnamese Kinh people account for 85.32% of the population of [[Vietnam]] in the [[2019 Vietnamese Census|2019 census]], and are officially designated and recognized as the ''Kinh'' people ({{lang|vi|người Kinh}}) to distinguish them from the other [[ethnic groups in Vietnam|minority group]]s residing in the country such as the [[Hmong people|Hmong]], [[Chams|Cham]], or [[Muong people|Mường]]. The Vietnamese are one of the four main groups of [[Vietic languages|Vietic]] speakers in Vietnam, the others being the [[Muong people|Mường]], [[Thổ people|Thổ]], and [[Chứt people]]. They are related to the [[Gin people|Gin]] people, a minority ethnic group in China.