The Vietnamese are one of the four main groups of Vietic speakers in Vietnam, the others being the Mường, Thổ, and Chứt people. Vietnamese Kinh people account for just over 85.32% of the population of Vietnam in the 2019 census, and are officially designated and recognized as the Kinh people ( người Kinh) to distinguish them from the other minority groups residing in the country such as the Hmong, Cham, or Mường. The native language is Vietnamese, the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language. 'Việt people' or 'Việt humans') or the Kinh people ( Vietnamese: người Kinh, lit.'Metropolitan people'), also recognized as the Viet people or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China (Jing Islands, Dongxing, Guangxi).
The Vietnamese people ( Vietnamese: người Việt, lit. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of chữ Nôm, chữ Hán and chữ Quốc ngữ. Minorities of Christians (mostly Roman Catholics) and other groups.
Predominantly Vietnamese folk religion syncretized with Mahayana Buddhism.