People group profile · PG011124
The Cong of Vietnam
The Cong of Vietnam, numbering about 2,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a small Indigenous community in northwestern Vietnam, primarily in Lai Châu and Điện Biên provinces—especially in Mường Tè and Nam Nhun districts, along the Da River region.
They are a diaspora people in the Other Tibeto-Burmese people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Côông.
Fast facts
- Country
- Vietnam
- Population
- 2,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Other Tibeto-Burmese
- Primary language
- Côông (cnc)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Phunoi, Phu Noi, Phounoi, Cống, Côông
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- primarily in Lai Châu and Điện Biên provinces—especially in Mường Tè and Nam Nhun districts, along the Da River region
Where they live
Gospel status
The Cong 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 Cong
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
100% adherents
Primary language
Côông · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Côông
Gospel resources in Côông
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Cong
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
Phunoi in other countries
The same people (ROP3 108015) is reported in 2 other countries.
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