Total population | |
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200,000 (estimated 2019)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Pyongyang, Korea Busan and Seoul, Korea | |
South Korea | 169,738(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]