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  Vietnam Religion

Mosque near Chau Doc, Vietnam

"There are about 72,000 [1] Muslims in Vietnam, making up about 0.1% of the country’s population of 91 million people . Most of the Muslims in Vietnam are Champa Muslims. The second largest group of Muslims in Vietnam is the Inter-Racial Muslims, who are both the offspring of mixed marriages between the Vietnamese and Muslim traders and also the spouses who converted to Islam after marriage. The third group of Muslims in Vietnam is those that converted to Islam after interacting with Muslim traders and embracing the religion. There are 79 mosques in Vietnam. Islam is the primary religion of the Cham people of Vietnam, with account for one third of the Islam population in Vietnam. The rest of the Muslims are Khmer, Malay, Minang, Viet, Chinese, and Arab" (ORIGINS OF ISLAM IN VIETNAM)

Vietnamese Religion

"The major religious traditions in Vietnam are Buddhism, Christianity (Catholicism and Protestantism), Islam, Caodaism and the Hoa Hao sect, Buddhists being the largest group. Another significant group consider themselves non-believers" (Vietnam - Religion) (Vietnamese Religion). 

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