Vietnamese

• Alternate names: Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet Also: in China -- Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh
• Scriptures published: Bible (1916--1994) New Testament (1914--2011) Portions (1890--1989)
• Literacy: Literacy rate in first language: 94%. Literacy rate in second language: 80%
• Primary country: Viet Nam
• Region: Widespread
• Also used in: Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos), Martinique, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Philippines, Russian Federation, Senegal, Taiwan, Republic of China, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu
• Religion: Buddhist, Christian
• Status: De facto national language in Viet Nam
• Number of users: 67,762,060 (65,800,000 in Viet Nam (1999 census); 7,200 in China (1999 J. Ouyang))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Vietnamese
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Vietnamese on the web
• Joshua Project: Vietnamese — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Vietnamese — detailed linguistic information.