The Viet Nam population was born through a mix of two major ancient cultures: the Chinese and the Indian. Thus a peculiar trait of Viet Nam’s culture was formed. As far as anthropology is concerned, the Vietnamese people have their origins in the Mongoloid race, believed to be one of the most ancient races and often found in northern and eastern Asia. There are 54 different ethnic groups inhabiting Viet Nam, in which Kinh people or Viet make up more than 80% of the whole population, and over 10% represents for 53 other ethnic groups, such as: Viet – Muong, Tay – Thai, Mon – Khmer, Mong – Dao, Kadai, Nam Dao, Han, Tang.
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