People group profile · PG008197
The Vietnamese of Cambodia
The Vietnamese of Cambodia, numbering about 534,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnic Kinh community indigenous to Vietnam.
They are a diaspora people in the Vietnamese people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Mahayana Buddhism, and they primarily speak Vietnamese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cambodia
- Population
- 534,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Vietnamese
- Primary language
- Vietnamese (vie)
- Primary religion
- Mahayana Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Kinh
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Vietnamese are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical but there has been initial or concentrated church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
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
Primary religion
Mahayana Buddhism · Buddhism
60% adherents
Primary language
Vietnamese · Austroasiatic family
100% speak Vietnamese
Gospel resources in Vietnamese
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Vietnamese)
- JESUS (Vietnamese, Northern)
- Magdalena (Vietnamese)
- Magdalena (Vietnamese, Northern)
Bibles
- 1924 Khoi-Cadman · audio
- 2002 Bible League International · text
- Ban Dich 2011 · text
- Revised Vietnamese Version · video
- Vietnamese Old Version · audio, text
- Word of God for Everyone (Catholic) · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Vietnamese
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Kinh in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105018) is reported in 23 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnamese | Vietnam | 85,710,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | United States | 1,605,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | France | 656,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Japan | 653,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Australia | 336,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Canada | 258,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Taiwan | 217,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Russian Federation | 150,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Laos | 139,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Thailand | 119,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Vietnamese | United Kingdom | 100,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Malaysia | 85,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Germany | 83,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Czech Republic | 60,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Hong Kong | 46,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Macao | 18,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Netherlands | 8,800 | No Longer Unreached |
| Vietnamese | New Zealand | 4,900 | No Longer Unreached |
| Vietnamese | New Caledonia | 4,200 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Vietnamese | China | 2,800 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Vanuatu | 500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Uzbekistan | 450 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Martinique | 375 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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