Vietnamese people in Finland
Vietnamese people in Finland 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]
Total population | |
---|---|
Regions with significant populations | |
Helsinki and Turku[3] | |
Languages | |
Vietnamese, Finnish | |
Religion | |
Mahayana Buddhism[4] and Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Vietnamese people in Norway and other overseas Vietnamese |
Demographics
№ | 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.[8]
See also
- Finland–Vietnam relations
References
Notes
- http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11rv.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4
- Statistics Finland (2008-04-24). "Foreigners in Finland". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- Kosonen 2008, p. 14
- 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
- Statistics Finland (2008-03-28). "The largest foreign-language groups 1997 and 2007". Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- Kosonen 2008, p. 15
- http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_032.px/?rxid=726cd24d-d0f1-416a-8eec-7ce9b82fd5a4
- "Vietnamese of Finland". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
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.
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