Vietnamese people in Finland form one of the country's largest groups of Southeast Asian people. According to
Statistics Finland, in 2017 there are 10,817 people with a Vietnamese background, 9,872 people whose mother tongue is Vietnamese,
8,012 people who have been born in Vietnam, and 5,603 people with Vietnamese citizenship
[ residing in Finland. The Vietnamese-Finnish community includes both ethnic Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese.]
Demographics
Religion
The majority of the Vietnamese in Finland are Mahayana Buddhist
''Mahāyāna'' (; "Great Vehicle") is a term for a broad group of Buddhism, Buddhist traditions, Buddhist texts#Mahāyāna texts, texts, Buddhist philosophy, philosophies, and practices. Mahāyāna Buddhism developed in India (c. 1st century BC ...
, with a 12% Christian minority.
Notable Finnish people of Vietnamese descent
See also
* Finland–Vietnam relations
References
Sources
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{{Portal bar, Finland, Vietnam
Ethnic groups in Finland
Finland
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