People group profile · PG011240
The Tsun-Lao of Vietnam
The Tsun-Lao of Vietnam, numbering about 15,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a small Tai‑speaking ethnic community in northern Vietnam, culturally and linguistically related to the wider Lao and Tai peoples of mainland Southeast Asia.
They are an indigenous people in the Thai people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Ts'ün-Lao.
Fast facts
- Country
- Vietnam
- Population
- 15,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Thai
- Primary language
- Ts'ün-Lao (tsl)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tsun-Lao 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, there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tsun-Lao
- 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Ts'ün-Lao · Tai-Kadai family
100% speak Ts'ün-Lao
Gospel resources in Ts'ün-Lao
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Tsun-Lao
- 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.
- 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.
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