People group profile · PG011093
The Vietnamese of Vanuatu
The Vietnamese of Vanuatu, numbering about 500 people, are Unengaged and 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 Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Vietnamese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Vanuatu
- Population
- 500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Vietnamese
- Primary language
- Vietnamese (vie)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Melanesia, Oceania
Where they live
Gospel status
The Vietnamese are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Vietnamese
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
7% 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 | Cambodia | 534,000 | 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 | Uzbekistan | 450 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Vietnamese | Martinique | 375 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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