Vietnamese people in Finland

Vietnamese people in Finland

Người Việt tại Phần Lan Suomen vietnamilaiset
Total population
12,051 5,630 Vietnamese citizens
Regions with significant populations
Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, and Tampere
Languages
Vietnamese, Finnish, Swedish
Religion
Vietnamese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism 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, 8,012 people who have been born in Vietnam, and 5,603 people with Vietnamese citizenship residing in Finland. The Vietnamese-Finnish community includes both ethnic Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese.

Demographics

Vietnamese people by Municipality in 2017

No.	Municipality	Vietnamese	%
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

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

Notable Finnish people of Vietnamese descent

Further information: Category:Finnish people of Vietnamese descent

See also

• Finland–Vietnam relations

Sources

• 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.