Vietnamese people người Việt
Total population
75 million Image File history File links PhanBoiChau. ... Image File history File links Images24696_nusinh070904. ... Image File history File links Nguyen_Trai. ...
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam      72,000,000 [1]
Significant overseas populations  USA 1,521,353 (2005) [2]  Cambodia 600,000 [3]  France 250,000 [4]  Australia 174,200 (2001) [5]  Canada 151,410 (2001) [6]  Germany 83,526 (2004) [7]  Taiwan 85,528 [8]  Poland 45,000  United Kingdom 35,000 [9]  China 30,000  Russia 36,225 [10]  Norway 18,333 (2006) [11]  Netherlands 18.000 (2007)  Czech Republic 45,362 (2007) [12]  Japan 12,965 (2000) [13]
Language(s)
Vietnamese
Religion(s)
Predominantly Confucian and Mahayana Buddhist (esp. Pure Land sects, and some Zen-inspired syncretists); with Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hoa Hao and Cao Đài minorities. Although membership to Sunni- and the localized- Bashi Islam are almost exclusively accredited to the ethnic Cham minority, there are also a few ethnic Vietnamese adherents to Islam in the southwest.
Related ethnic groups
Gin people of China (also known as Jing or Kinh) Muong people Possibly Southern Chinese or other people in South China. For vague historical references, see also Yue (peoples). Image File history File links Flag_of_Vietnam. ... Overseas Vietnamese (Vietnamese: Việt Kiều, a Sino-Vietnamese word literally translating to Vietnamese sojourner), refers to communities of Vietnamese living outside Vietnam in a diaspora. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cambodia. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Confucianism (儒家 Pinyin: rújiā The School of the Scholars), sometimes translated as the School of Literati, is an East Asian ethical, religious and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of Confucius. ... Relief image of the bodhisattva Guan Yin from Mt. ... The Buddha Amitabha, 13th century, Kamakura, Japan. ... For other uses, see Zen (disambiguation). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Protestantism encompasses the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated with the doctrines of the Reformation. ... Hòa Hảo (Chu Nom: 和好) is a Buddhist religious tradition founded in 1939 by Huynh Phu So, a native of the Mekong River Delta region of southern Vietnam. ... Cao Dais Holy See, called the Tay Ninh Holy See, is located in Tay Ninh, Viet Nam Caodaism (Vietnamese:  ) is a relatively new, syncretist, monotheistic religion, officially established in Tây Ninh, southern Vietnam, in 1926. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... This article is about the Cham people of Asia. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Gin, or Jing Nationality (京族) in Mandarin Chinese, is the name given to ethnic Vietnamese living in China. ... The Mường is the third largest of Vietnam’s 53 minority groups, with an estimated population of 1. ... North China (北方 Hanyu pinyin: Běifāng) and South China (南方 Hanyu pinyin: Nánfāng) are two approximate regions within China. ... Yue (Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Yüeh4; also seen as Yueh, Yuet, Việt) refers to ancient semi-Sinicized or non-Sinicized Chinese peoples of southern China, originally those along the eastern coastline of present-day Zhejiang province and Shanghai. ...

The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt or người Kinh) are an ethnic group originating from what is now northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam. A majority is a subset of a group that is more than half of the entire group. ... This article is about the year. ... Vietnam is a multi-ethnic country with over fifty distinct groups. ...

In the People's Republic of China, they are among the recognized minority groups based especially in or around Guangxi Province and are known in Mandarin Chinese through their derivative name Jing/Gin (京) or "Jingzu"/"Ginzu" (京族). Guangxi (Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; pinyin: Guǎngxī; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi) is an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Map of eastern China and Taiwan, showing the historic distribution of Mandarin Chinese in light brown. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ...

Although geographically and linguistically labeled as Southeast Asians, long periods of Chinese domination and influence have placed them culturally closer to East Asians, or more specifically their immediate northern neighbours, the Southern Chinese and other tribes within the proximity of South China. North China (北方 Hanyu pinyin: Běifāng) and South China (南方 Hanyu pinyin: Nánfāng) are two approximate regions within China. ...

Origins

According to legend, the first Vietnamese descended from the dragon lord Lạc Long Quân (雒龍君) and a heavenly spirit Âu Cơ (嫗姬). They married and had one hundred eggs, from which hatched one hundred children. Their eldest son Hùng Vương ruled as the first Vietnamese king. The predecessors of the Vietnamese people emigrated from present southern China to the Red River Delta and mixed with the indigenous population.^{[citation needed]} For other uses, see Dragon (disambiguation). ... According to the creation myth of the Vietnamese people, Lac Long Quan (also Lạc Long Quân) was the father of the Vietnamese people. ... In Vietnamese legend, Au Co (also Âu CÆ¡) was an immortal fairy who married a dragon, their hundred children known collectively as Bach Viet, ancestors to the Vietnamese people. ... Hùng VÆ°Æ¡ng was the first emperor of Văn Lang or Lạc Việt (as Vietnam was known at the time). ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

In 258 BC, An Dương Vương founded the kingdom of Âu Lạc (甌雒) in what is now northern Vietnam. In 208 BC, Chao Tuo (known as Triệu Đà 趙佗 in Vietnamese), a former Qin Dynasty general from China, allied with the leaders of the Yue peoples in what is now modern-day Guangdong and declared himself King of Southern Yue. He defeated An Dương Vương and then combined Âu Lạc with territories in southern China and named his kingdom Nam Việt, or Southern Yue (南越; Nam means "south"). Việt is cognate to yuet 越, which is the pronunciation of Yue in ancient Chinese and some modern southern Chinese dialects. The term was used in bai yue ("hundred Yue") for the various peoples in what is now southern China, including the regions of northern Vietnam. Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC Years: 263 BC 262 BC 261 BC 260 BC 259 BC - 258 BC - 257 BC 256 BC... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 213 BC 212 BC 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC - 208 BC - 207 BC 206 BC... Zhao Tuo (Trad. ... Qin empire in 210 BC Capital Xianyang Language(s) Chinese Religion Taoism Government Monarchy History  - Unification of China 221 BC  - Death of Qin Shi Huangdi 210 BC  - Surrender to Liu Bang 206 BC The Qin Dynasty (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chin Chao) (221 BC - 206 BC) was preceded... Yue (Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Yüeh4; also seen as Yueh, Yuet, Việt) refers to ancient semi-Sinicized or non-Sinicized Chinese peoples of southern China, originally those along the eastern coastline of present-day Zhejiang province and Shanghai. ... Not to be confused with the former Kwantung Leased Territory in north-eastern China. ... Nanyue, Nam Việt, or Nam Yuet (Chinese: 南越; Hanyu Pinyin: ) was an ancient kingdom that consisted of the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and much of modern northern Vietnam. ... Nanyue, Nam Việt, or Nam Yuet (Chinese: 南越; Hanyu Pinyin: ) was an ancient kingdom that consisted of the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and much of modern northern Vietnam. ... Yue can refer to: Yuè ((T: ç²µ S: 粤), an abbreviation for Guangdong province of the Peoples Republic of China, and also: Yue, a subdivision of spoken Chinese spoken in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau. ...

Diaspora

Originally from northern Vietnam and southern China, the Vietnamese have conquered much of the land belonging to the Champa Kingdom and Khmer Empire over the centuries. They are the dominant ethnic group in most provinces of Vietnam, and constitute a significant portion of the population of Cambodia. Under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, they were the most persecuted group. Tens of thousands were murdered in regime-organized massacres. Most of the survivors fled to Vietnam. South East Asia circa 1100 C.E. Champa territory in green. ... Map of Asia and Europe circa 1200 C.E. and the golden age of Khmer Empire. ... Flag of Democratic Kampuchea Photos of genocide victims on display at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum The Khmer Rouge (Khmer: ) was the ruling political party of Cambodia -- which it renamed to Democratic Kampuchea -- from 1975 to 1979. ...

During the sixteenth century, some Vietnamese migrated into Thailand and China. In Thailand, they are mostly distributed in Isan provinces such as Nakhon Phanom or Mukdahan. In China, although somewhat more sinicized, their descendants still speak Vietnamese and form the Gin people of China. They are among the recognized minority groups in the People's Republic of China based especially in or around Guangxi Province. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... For other uses, see Isan (disambiguation). ... Nakhon Phanom is a town in Thailand, capital of the Nakhon Phanom province. ... Mukdahan (Thai: มุกดาหาร) is the capital of Mukdahan province, Thailand, located in the north-east of the country on the banks of the river Mekong. ... Gin, or Jing Nationality (京族) in Mandarin Chinese, is the name given to ethnic Vietnamese living in China. ... Guangxi (Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; pinyin: Guǎngxī; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi) is an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

When the French left Vietnam in 1954, some Vietnamese immigrated to France. However, there already have been ethnic Vietnamese residing and/or studying in France at least since the end of World War I. As a result of the partition of North and South Vietnam, nearly one million Vietnamese fled the North for the South to escape persecution. Meanwhile, a much smaller number of southerners joined the north. Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN), or less commonly, Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cá»™ng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was proclaimed by Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, September 2nd1945 and was recognized by the Peoples Republic of China and the... Anthem Thanh niên Hành Khúc (Call to the Citizens) Capital Saigon Language(s) Vietnamese Government Republic Last President¹ Duong Van Minh Last Prime minister Vu Van Mau Historical era Cold War  - Regime change June 14, 1955  - Dissolution April 30, 1975 Area  - 1973 173,809 km² 67,108...

The end of the Vietnam War prompted many others to flee the country. The six countries that accepted the bulk of the refugees were the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, West Germany, and Australia. Tens of thousands had been sent to work or study in Central and Eastern Europe and later settled there, the vast majority among those from the north or those who stayed in reunified Vietnam after 1975. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Central Europe The Alpine Countries and the Visegrád Group (Political map, 2004) Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium orange),members of the Warsaw pact (light orange), and other former Communist regimes not aligned with Moscow (lightest orange). ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

Yue (Traditional Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Yüeh4; also seen as Yueh, Yuet, Việt) refers to ancient semi-Sinicized or non-Sinicized Chinese peoples of southern China, originally those along the eastern coastline of present-day Zhejiang province and Shanghai. ... Vietnamese (tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ[2]), formerly known under the French colonization as Annamese (see Annam), is the national and official language of Vietnam. ... Overseas Vietnamese (Vietnamese: Việt Kiều), refers to communities of Vietnamese living outside Vietnam in a diaspora. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Vietnamese culture is highly syncretist, combining native, Western, Indian and Chinese influences. ... Vietnamese names generally consist of three parts: a family name, a middle name, and a given name, used in that order. ... Vietnam is a multi-ethnic country with over fifty distinct groups. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... East Asia Geographic East Asia. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

References

• Ōuyáng Jiàoyà 欧阳觉亚, Chéng Fāng 程方, Yù Cuìróng 喻翠容: Jīngyǔ jiǎnzhì 京语简志 (Mínzú chūbǎnshè 民族出版社 1984). On the language of the Gin in China.