There are 54 ethnic groups in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

recognized by the Vietnamese government.Các dân tộc Việt Nam
(Ethnic groups in Vietnam). Portal of the Committee for Ethnic Problems, Hậu Giang prov., 2012. Retrieved 1 Apr 2017. Each ethnicity has their own language, traditions, and subculture. The largest ethnic groups are:

Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia ** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam. * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overse ...

85.32%, Tay 1.92%, Thái 1.89%, Mường 1.51%,

Hmong Hmong may refer to: * Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand * Hmong cuisine * Hmong customs and culture ** Hmong music ** Hmong textile art * Hmong language, a continuum of closely related to ...

1.45%, Khmer 1.37%, Nùng 1.13%,

Dao Dao, Dão or DAO may refer to: * Tao (Chinese: "The Way" 道), a philosophical concept * Dao (Chinese sword) (刀), a type of Chinese sword * Dao (Naga sword), a weapon and a tool of Naga people People and language * Yao people, a minority ethni ...

0.93%, Hoa 0.78%, with all others comprising the remaining 3.7% (2019 census). The Vietnamese term for minority ethnic groups are ''người thiểu số'' and ''dân tộc ít người'' (minority people).

List of ethnic groups

The total population of Vietnam was 96,208,984 according to the 2019 census.2009 Census
Kết quả toàn bộ Tổng điều tra Dân số và Nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009
Tổng Cục Thống kê Việt Nam. Retrieved 18/08/2015.

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# Nguồn - possibly Mường group, officially classified as a Việt (Kinh) group by the government, Nguồn themselves identify with Việt ethnicity; their language is a member of the Viet–Muong branch of the Vietic sub-family # Sui people (Người Thủy) - officially classified as

Pa Then people The Pa Then (or Pá Hưng; Vietnamese: người Pà Thẻn) are Pa-Hng-speaking people classified as an ethnic group of Vietnam. Most Pa Then live in Hà Giang and Tuyên Quang provinces, located in Vietnam's Northeast region. The Pa-Hng language ...

. # According to news from Dantri, an online newspaper in Vietnam, the Thừa Thiên-Huế People's Committee in September 2008 announced a plan to do more research in a new ethnic group in Vietnam. It is Pa Kô, also called Pa Cô, Pa Kô, Pa-Kô or Pa Kôh. This ethnic group settles mainly in A Lưới suburban district (Thừa Thiên-Huế) and mountainous area of Hướng Hóa (Quảng Trị). At the present, however, they have been classified in Tà Ôi ethnic group. Many of the local ethnic groups residing in mountain areas are known collectively in the West as Montagnard or

Degar Montagnard () is an umbrella term for the various indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The French term () signifies a mountain dweller, and is a carryover from the French colonial period in Vietnam. In Vietnamese, they a ...

. One distinctive feature of highland ethnic minority groups in Vietnam is that they are colorfully attired whether at home, in the farm, traveling or in their home town. Foreign

expatriate An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country. In common usage, the term often refers to educated professionals, skilled workers, or artists taking positions outside their home country, either ...

workers comprise a small portion of the population, some settling permanently or through marriage. Many are migrants from neighboring Asian countries like China, though some are from the west. Today, 2,700 Americans live in Vietnam. Moreover, some descend from the French and other Europeans from the colonial period. However, most European descendants left after Vietnam gained independence.

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1999 Census results

Socioeconomic Atlas of Vietnam, 1999

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Modern photographs of all Ethnic groups in Vietnam
* socio-economic parameters of ethnic and non-ethnic people
Ethnic groups of Vietnam
(State Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs)
Vietnamese Ethnic Groups

Ethnic - Linguistic Map of Vietnam

Ethnologue report for Vietnam

* ttp://belleindochine.free.fr/Minorites.htm Authentic Old photographs of all Ethnic groups in Vietnam {{Authority control

Ethnic groups An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...

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