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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
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, with a 12% Christian minority.


Notable Finnish people of Vietnamese descent


See also

* Finland–Vietnam relations


References


Sources

* * {{Portal bar, Finland, Vietnam Ethnic groups in Finland
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