Vietnamese people in Finland

{{Infobox ethnic group

| flag = {{flagicon|Vietnam}} {{flagicon|Finland}}

| group = Vietnamese people in Finland

| native_name = Người Việt tại Phần Lan
Vietnamilaiset Suomessa /
Suomen vietnamilaiset

| population = 13,695 Vietnamese born;
16,129 Vietnamese speakers (2024){{cite web |url= https://stat.fi/en/publication/cm1jg8tr20lco07vwvoif9s6i |title= Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024 |date= 2025-04-04 |series= Population structure |publisher= Statistics Finland |issn= 1797-5395 |access-date=2025-04-14 }}

| popplace = Helsinki, Tampere and Turku regions & Närpes

| langs = Vietnamese, Finnish, Swedish

| rels = Vietnamese folk religion, Mahayana Buddhism[http://giacngo.vn/tuvien/chuavnnuocngoai/2010/09/14/5F7459/ Chùa của người Việt ở Phần Lan bị đốt] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508151734/http://giacngo.vn/tuvien/chuavnnuocngoai/2010/09/14/5F7459/ |date=May 8, 2013 }}, [http://giacngo.vn/tuvien/chuavnnuocngoai/2010/07/15/567253/ Ngôi chùa Việt đầu tiên ở Phần Lan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128104946/http://giacngo.vn/tuvien/chuavnnuocngoai/2010/07/15/567253/ |date=January 28, 2013 }} and Roman Catholicism

| related = Vietnamese people in Norway and other overseas Vietnamese

}}

Vietnamese people in Finland are people who originate from Vietnam and who live in Finland. People can be born in Vietnam, have Vietnamese ancestry and/or be citizens of Vietnam. {{As of|2024}}, there were 13,695 people born in Vietnam living in Finland. Similarly, the number of people with Vietnamese citizenship was 10,076. The number of people who spoke Vietnamese as their mother tongue was 16,129.

Demographics

{{Historical populations

| percentages = pagr

|1990|1643

|1995|2785

|2000|3588

|2005|4202

|2010|5637

|2015|8273

|2020|11562

|2024|16129

|footnote=Vietnamese speakers. Source: Statistics Finland

}}

People born in Vietnam and living in Finland, according to Statistics Finland.

role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

|+ class="nowrap" style="padding:1em; background:#ccc;" | Country of birth Vietnam by municipality (2024)

! Municipality !! Population

Whole country13,695
Helsinki2,830
Vantaa1,880
Espoo1,743
Tampere971
Närpes866
Turku754
Oulu463
Vaasa395
Porvoo214
Kerava190
Jakobstad189
Joensuu162
Lappeenranta152
Jyväskylä141
Lahti140
Kaarina121
Kuopio107
Järvenpää105
Riihimäki97
Hyvinkää95
Mikkeli84
Kokkola80
Seinäjoki77
Korsholm75
Pori75
Nykarleby65
Kaskinen64
Hämeenlinna63
Raahe57
Kirkkonummi52
Korsnäs52
Valkeakoski49
Rovaniemi47
Tuusula45
Lieto43
Kouvola38
Kurikka35
Kajaani33
Salo32
Virrat32
Kauhajoki30
Vörå30
Pedersöre29
Lapua28
Rauma27
Sipoo27
Kannus24
Loppi24
Mänttä-Vilppula24
Ruovesi24
Raisio23
Varkaus23
Kauhava22
Kemi22
Nurmijärvi22
Pargas22
Forssa19
Lempäälä19
Lohja19
Nokia19
Mariehamn18
Kempele17
Kristinestad17
Malax16
Kangasala15
Mäntsälä15
Tornio15
Janakkala14
Joroinen14
Uusikaupunki13
Savonlinna12
Askola11
Jomala11
Kotka11
Kronoby11
Muhos11
Oulainen11
Isokyrö10
Sulkava10
Vihti10

People with Vietnamese citizenship living in Finland according to Statistics Finland.

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|+ class="nowrap" style="padding:1em; background:#ccc;" | Citizens of Vietnam by municipality (2024)

! Municipality !! Population

Whole country10,076
Helsinki1,967
Espoo1,274
Vantaa1,141
Närpes869
Tampere831
Turku568
Oulu330
Vaasa320
Lappeenranta150
Porvoo143
Joensuu142
Jyväskylä131
Jakobstad117
Lahti116
Kerava115
Kuopio88
Mikkeli83
Kaarina75
Korsholm72
Seinäjoki72
Kaskinen69
Pori69
Kokkola62
Hämeenlinna60
Nykarleby55
Korsnäs54
Riihimäki51
Valkeakoski45
Järvenpää39
Hyvinkää37
Rovaniemi36
Kajaani32
Virrat32
Kouvola31
Salo31
Kurikka30
Lapua28
Kirkkonummi27
Ruovesi25
Mänttä-Vilppula24
Kannus23
Rauma23
Kauhajoki22
Kauhava20
Varkaus19
Forssa18
Loppi18
Pedersöre18
Kristinestad17
Pargas17
Joroinen16
Lieto16
Raisio14
Vörå14
Janakkala13
Tuusula13
Kemi12
Nokia11
Isokyrö10
Lohja10
Sulkava10

People with Vietnamese as mother tongue living in Finland according to Statistics Finland.

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|+ class="nowrap" style="padding:1em; background:#ccc;" | Vietnamese speakers by municipality (2024)

! Municipality !! Population

Whole country16,129
Helsinki3,343
Vantaa2,430
Espoo2,079
Tampere1,082
Turku1,001
Närpes977
Oulu508
Vaasa441
Porvoo309
Jakobstad237
Joensuu177
Kerava172
Lappeenranta165
Kaarina154
Jyväskylä151
Lahti148
Järvenpää147
Riihimäki142
Hyvinkää126
Kuopio113
Kokkola87
Mikkeli84
Nykarleby83
Korsholm80
Seinäjoki77
Pori74
Kaskinen73
Kirkkonummi69
Hämeenlinna67
Lieto60
Korsnäs59
Tuusula55
Valkeakoski53
Rovaniemi49
Kauhajoki38
Kouvola38
Kurikka36
Vörå36
Pedersöre35
Sipoo35
Kajaani34
Salo33
Virrat30
Raisio29
Varkaus28
Kempele27
Kemi26
Lapua26
Pargas26
Rauma26
Ruovesi26
Loppi25
Nurmijärvi25
Kannus24
Lohja24
Mänttä-Vilppula24
Kauhava22
Mariehamn21
Nokia20
Forssa19
Joroinen18
Kangasala18
Lempäälä18
Muhos18
Janakkala17
Kristinestad17
Malax16
Mäntsälä15
Tornio15
Askola14
Kotka14
Uusikaupunki14
Hausjärvi10
Isokyrö10
Jomala10
Lappajärvi10
Savonlinna10
Sulkava10

Religion

The majority of the Vietnamese in Finland are Mahayana Buddhist, with a 12% Christian minority.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Notable Finnish people of Vietnamese descent

{{Further|Category:Finnish people of Vietnamese descent}}

See also

References

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Sources

  • {{Cite book|title=Growing Up Vietnamese in Finland: Looking Back 12 Years Later|first=Liisa|last=Kosonen|location=Helsinki|publisher=Department of Social Psychology, University of Helsinki|date=2008|isbn=978-952-10-5018-3|url=https://oa.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/42331/growingu.pdf}}
  • {{Cite book|last=Nurmi|first=Jari-Erik |author2=Karmela Liebkind |title=Adolescents, Cultures, and Conflicts: Growing Up in Contemporary Europe|chapter=Acculturation and Adaptation|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=1990|isbn=0-8153-2389-1|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92Ii7I6oAOkC&q=%22Liisa+Kosonen.+%22+Vietnamese&pg=PA199}}

{{Immigration to Finland}}

{{Overseas Vietnamese}}

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