Vietnamese people in Russia

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Vietnamese people in Russia
Total population
80,000 (2023)
Regions with significant populations
Moscow, Vladivostok, Saint Petersburg, and other large cities [1]
Languages
Vietnamese, Russian [2]
Religion
Predominantly Vietnamese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism, [3] [4] minority others
Related ethnic groups
Vietnamese people

Vietnamese people in Russia form the 72nd-largest ethnic minority community in Russia according to the 2022 census. With a population of 80,000 according to the Vietnamese embassy in Moscow as of 2023, they are one of the smaller groups of overseas Vietnamese. [5] [6]

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In 1926, Vietnamese students were sent to study in Russia under an initiative of Hồ Chí Minh. A number of them served the Soviet Army during World War II. [7] Ho Chi Minh himself studied in Moscow in the 1920s, along with other senior members of the Communist Party of Vietnam. [8] They were followed by an estimated total of 50,000 Vietnamese who studied in Russia during the Cold War. [9] Academic exchange between the two countries continued even after the dissolution of the Soviet Union; as of 2006, roughly 4,000 Vietnamese students were studying in Russian universities; the Russian government provides scholarships to 160 of them. [10] Notable Vietnamese students who have studied in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union include Quynh Nguyen, a pianist from Hanoi who received a scholarship to Moscow's Gnessin State Musical College. [11]

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References

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