Vietnamese people in Korea

Vietnamese people in Korea
Total population
200,000 (estimated 2019)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Pyongyang, Korea
Busan and Seoul, Korea
 South Korea169,738(2017)[2][3]
 North Korea?
Languages
Vietnamese, Korean
Religion
Vietnamese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese people

Vietnamese people in Korea, also known as Vietnamese Koreans, have a history dating back to the 12th century.[4] After the division of Korea and the Korean War, ethnic Vietnamese had various contacts with both North and South Korea. They are Vietnamese expatriates in Korean peninsular or Korean born-citizens were born of partially or full Vietnamese descent. In the latter, Vietnamese are the second-largest group of foreigners, after Chinese migrants.[5]

  1. ^ http://www.vtv.vn/Article/Get/-Viet-Nam-Tam-diem-hop-tac-cua-Han-Quoc-huong-ra-chau-A--e445e8b590.html [dead link]
  2. ^ "K2WebWizard".
  3. ^ "Foreign population jumps to 2.18 million". Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  4. ^ Professors review Vietnamese-Korean cultural relationship,"VietNamNet - Professors review Vietnamese-Korean cultural relationship". Archived from the original on September 19, 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
  5. ^ 체류외국인 국적별 현황, K2WebWizard 2013년도 출입국통계연보, South Korea: Ministry of Justice, 2009, p. 262, retrieved 2011-03-21