Vietnamese in China


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Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
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Introduction / History

The Vietnamese came to Hainan in 1986 by accident. They had set out as refugees onboard fishing vessels bound for Hong Kong, but they only managed to reach Hainan Island. Hong Kong, which at one point housed almost 100,000 Vietnamese refugees, offered escapees the chance for repatriation to Western nations. Not all of the refugees who made it to safety in Hong Kong, however, as those individuals came by sea from Vietnam. Many crossed the border into China, traveled by train to Guangdong Province, changed their appearance to look as if they had endured great hardship at sea, and then boarded vessels to take them the few miles into Hong Kong waters.

The official classification of the Vietnamese people is a problematic one. They have not been included under the Jing nationality, although the Jing are fellow Vietnamese who have earned official status as one of China's 55 minority groups. This profile refers only to ethnic Vietnamese in China and not to the hundreds of thousands of ethnic Chinese who have fled from Vietnam to China since the late 1970s. As one commentator explains, "During outbreaks of racial hostility in Vietnam in 1978, thousands of Vietnamese of Chinese descent fled in confusion to their home country which they had left many years, sometimes generations, earlier. ... About 100,000 went to Guangxi, and another 110,000 settled elsewhere in China." Because those refugees are ethnic Han Chinese, they have easily assimilated back into China. "Since these refugees can no longer return to Vietnam, the aim of the Chinese government is to repatriate them as Chinese citizens. The teaching medium in schools is therefore Chinese. After several years of hard work, the residents are now no different from other Chinese." The Vietnamese profiled here, however, are ethnic Vietnamese who speak the Vietnamese language. Their official classification is uncertain.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Because of the exorbitant amount of money charged by the owners of the fishing vessels, most of the refugees came from wealthy families in northern Vietnam. They were willing to give up all they had in the hope of gaining entry to the United States or another Western nation.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Most Vietnamese on Hainan Island are nonreligious, although there are some who follow Daoism, Buddhism, or Catholicism.

Few Vietnamese refugees on Hainan claim to be Christians. Because they originated in northern Vietnam where there are few churches, most have little awareness of the gospel.


What Are Their Needs?

There are some Christians among the Vietnamese in China. They need to become Christ bearers to others.


Prayer Points

Pray for workers who are driven by the love of the Holy Spirit to go to the Vietnamese and boldly proclaim the truths of the gospel.
Pray for an unstoppable movement of Christ to arise among the people, so that the Vietnamese choose Jesus as Savior and Lord.
Pray for signs and wonders to happen among them and for great breakthroughs with a rapid multiplication of disciples and house churches.


Scripture Prayers for the Jing, Vietnamese in China.


References

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Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Vietnamese
People Name in Country Jing, Vietnamese
Natural Name Vietnamese
Pronunciation vee-et-nahm-EEZ
Alternate Names Annamese; Annanese; Ching; Cing; Gin; Jhing; King; Kinh; Kinh (Việt); Viet
Population this Country 23,000
Population all Countries 87,374,000
Total Countries 36
Indigenous No
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
PeopleID3 12700
ROP3 Code 105018
Country China
Region Asia, Northeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 19  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country South coast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Shanxin, Wanwei, and Wutou peninsulas (referred to as the 3 peninsulas), Fangcheng Pan-Nationality autonomous county; Jiangping region.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country China
Region Asia, Northeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 19  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country South coast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Shanxin, Wanwei, and Wutou peninsulas (referred to as the 3 peninsulas), Fangcheng Pan-Nationality autonomous county; Jiangping region..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
20.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.15 %)
3.00 %
Ethnic Religions
57.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
20.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Vietnamese (23,000 speakers)
Language Code vie   Ethnologue Listing
Primary Dialect Hanoi
Dialect Code 680   Global Recordings Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Vietnamese (23,000 speakers)
Language Code vie   Ethnologue Listing
Primary Dialect Hanoi
Dialect Code 680   Global Recordings Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Vietnamese

Primary Language:  Vietnamese

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Bible-New Testament Yes  (1914-2011)
Bible-Complete Yes  (1916-2020)
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