Vietnamese people in Malaysia
Total population | |
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70,000 Malay | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Vietnamese folk religion, atheism, Buddhism, Caodaism, and Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Vietnamese |
The Vietnamese Malaysians consists of people of full or partial Vietnamese descent who were born in or immigrated to Malaysia. The estimated number of people who speak Vietnamese in Malaysia is 70,000 in the country.
Migration history
Vietnamese refugees
After the
Present
A joint commission meeting between the two countries in 1996 saw the arrival of skilled and semi-skilled workers entering Vietnam from Malaysia in the late 1990s.
See also
References
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