Vietnamese people in Finland

Ethnic group

Vietnamese people in Finland

Người Việt tại Phần Lan
Suomen vietnamilaiset

Total population

* 12,051[1]
* 5,630 Vietnamese citizens[2]

Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, and Tampere[3]
Languages
Vietnamese, Finnish, Swedish
Religion
Vietnamese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism[4] and Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Vietnamese people in Norway and other overseas Vietnamese

Vietnamese people in Finland (Vietnamese: Người Việt tại Phần Lan; Finnish: Suomen vietnamilaiset) form one of the country's largest groups of Southeast Asian people. According to Statistics Finland, in 2017 there are 10,817 people with a Vietnamese background, 9,872 people whose mother tongue is Vietnamese,[5] 8,012 people who have been born in Vietnam, and 5,603 people with Vietnamese citizenship[2] residing in Finland. The Vietnamese-Finnish community includes both ethnic Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese.[6]

## Demographics

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Vietnamese people by Municipality in 2017[7] No.  | Municipality  | Vietnamese  | %

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1\.  | Helsinki | 2,436  | 0.38
2\.  | Vantaa | 1,620  | 0.74
3\.  | Espoo | 1,128  | 0.41
4\.  | Turku | 741  | 0.39
5\.  | Tampere | 522  | 0.22

## Religion

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The majority of the Vietnamese in Finland are Mahayana Buddhist, with a 12% Christian minority.[citation needed]

## Notable Finnish people of Vietnamese descent

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Further information: Category:Finnish people of Vietnamese descent

## See also

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* Finland–Vietnam relations

## References

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1. ^ "Population 31.12. by Area, Background country, Sex, Year and Information-Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat". Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
2. ^ a b Statistics Finland (2008-04-24). "Foreigners in Finland". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
3. ^ Kosonen 2008, p. 14
4. ^ Chùa của người Việt ở Phần Lan bị đốt Archived May 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Ngôi chùa Việt đầu tiên ở Phần Lan Archived January 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Statistics Finland (2008-03-28). "The largest foreign-language groups 1997 and 2007". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
6. ^ Kosonen 2008, p. 15
7. ^ [1][dead link]

## Sources

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* Kosonen, Liisa (2008). Growing Up Vietnamese in Finland: Looking Back 12 Years Later (PDF). Helsinki: Department of Social Psychology, University of Helsinki. ISBN 978-952-10-5018-3.
* Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Karmela Liebkind (1990). "Acculturation and Adaptation". Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts: Growing Up in Contemporary Europe. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-8153-2389-1.

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