Demographic features of the population of Vietnam include population density,ethnicity,education level,health of the populace,economic status,religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Vietnam,officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia,with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million,making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country. One of the two Marxist–Leninist states in Southeast Asia,Vietnam shares land borders with China to the north,and Laos and Cambodia to the west. It shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand,and the Philippines,Indonesia,and Malaysia through the South China Sea. Its capital is Hanoi and its largest city is Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnamese Americans are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry. They constitute a major part of all overseas Vietnamese. As of 2023,over 2.3 million people of Vietnamese descent live in the United States,making them one of the largest Asian American ethnic groups. The majority (60%) are immigrants,while 40% were born in the United States.
Little Saigon is a name given to ethnic enclaves of expatriate Vietnamese mainly in English-speaking countries. Alternate names include Little Vietnam and Little Hanoi,depending on the enclave's political history. To avoid political undertones due to the renaming of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City,it is occasionally called by the neutral name Vietnamtown. Saigon is the former name of the capital of the former South Vietnam,where a large number of first-generation Vietnamese immigrants emigrating to the United States originate from,whereas Hanoi is the current capital of Vietnam.
The Vietnamese people or the Kinh people,also recognized as the Viet people or the Viets,are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day northern Vietnam and southern China who speak Vietnamese,the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language.
Overseas Vietnamese are Vietnamese people who live outside Vietnam. There are approximately 5 million overseas Vietnamese,the largest community of whom live in the United States.
The Hoa people,also known as Vietnamese Chinese are the citizens and nationals of Vietnam of full or partial Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese migration into Vietnam dates back millennia but allusions to the contemporary Hoa today mostly refers to people of Chinese ancestry who immigrated to Vietnam during the 18th century,who especially trace their ancestry to various southern Chinese provinces. The Hoa are an ethnic minority group in Vietnam as part of the Chinese community there,and can also be found in other regions such as in the Americas. They may also be called "Chinese-Vietnamese" or "Vietnamese Chinese" by the Vietnamese.
Trần Văn Lắm,also known as Charles Trần Văn Lắm,was a South Vietnamese diplomat and politician,who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Vietnam under Prime Minister Trần Thiện Khiêm during the height of the Vietnam War. He was most notable for his role in the Paris Peace Accords that occurred in 1973. In the late 1950s to early 1960s he served as the South Vietnamese Ambassador to both Australia and New Zealand. Lắm served as the President of the Senate of the Republic of Vietnam from 1973 until the Fall of Saigon in 1975.
Madison Nguyen is an American politician from California. She served on the San Jose City Council from 2005 to 2014,representing District 7,and she additionally served as Vice-Mayor from 2011 to 2014. She was the first Vietnamese-American elected to the city council.
Lee's Sandwiches International,Inc.,is a Vietnamese-American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in San Jose,California,with locations in several states and in Taiwan. Lee's Sandwiches specializes in bánh mì,"European-style" baguette sandwiches,Vietnamese iced coffee,and Vietnamese dessert chè. It is credited with popularizing Vietnamese sandwiches and iced coffee among mainstream American consumers and inspiring several other Vietnamese-owned bakery chains.
Vietnamese people in Korea,also known as Vietnamese Koreans,have a history dating back to the 12th century. 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.
Charley Trujillo is a Chicano novelist,editor,publisher,and filmmaker. He is known for his novel and documentary Soldados:Chicanos in Việt Nam.
Henry Thomas Segerstrom was an American philanthropist,entrepreneur,cultural leader,and patron of the arts. Managing Partner of C.J. Segerstrom &Sons,he was the founding chairman of the Orange County Performing Arts Center,now known as the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
Vietnamese immigration has occurred in Greater Houston,including Fort Bend County and Harris County,since 1975,after the Vietnam War ended and refugees began coming to the United States.
The Little Saigon district straddling the cities of Garden Grove and Westminster in Orange County,California is the largest Little Saigon in the United States. Saigon is the former name of the capital of the former South Vietnam,where a large number of first-generation Vietnamese immigrants originate.
The Republic of Panama's real estate industry relies on foreign investment. The sector has grown since 2006,as such investment has helped to fuel Panama's economy and housing market.
Vietnamese has more than 1.5 million speakers in the United States,where it is the sixth-most spoken language. The United States also ranks second among countries and territories with the most Vietnamese speakers,behind Vietnam. The Vietnamese language became prevalent after the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975,when many refugees from Vietnam came to the United States. It is used in many aspects of life,including media,commerce,and administration. In several states,it is the third-most spoken language,behind English and Spanish. To maintain the language for later generations,Vietnamese speakers have established many language centers and coordinated with public school systems to teach Vietnamese to students who are born and raised in the United States.
The Hi-Tek incident,referred to in Vietnamese-language media as the Trần Trường incident,was a series of protests in 1999 by Vietnamese Americans in Little Saigon,Orange County,California in response to Trần Văn Trường's display of the flag of communist Vietnam and a picture of Ho Chi Minh in the window of Hi-Tek Video,a video store that he owned. Occurring amidst the backdrop of the restoration of relations between the two countries and continuous anti-communist activities,some violent,undertaken through the past two decades,it has been considered the largest such protest in the history of Little Saigon.
Asian Garden Mall,known in Vietnamese as Phước Lộc Thọ,is a shopping center in Westminster,California. Opened in 1987,Asian Garden Mall is the first and largest Vietnamese-American shopping mall and is seen as a symbol of the community. The mall is located at 9200 Bolsa Avenue,serving as the focal point of Little Saigon in Orange County and is the site of many cultural and political events in the Vietnamese-American community.
