With a population of about 90 million people ( in 2016 ), Vietnam comprises 54 ethnic groups: the Viet ( Kinh) and 53 minority groups many of these included numerours local groups. The language of ethnic groups is also diverse with 5 linguistic fa-miles: Austroaiatic, Austronesian, Tai - Kadai, Miao - Yao and Sino - Tibetan.
Each ethnic group has its own culture indentity while still sharing certain similarities, The culture of the ethnic groups is continuty of tradition of mutual exchanges and mutual influences accross and within national borders but also regional,especially the influence of China, India and also Southeast Asia, afterwards, western culture factors have been incorporated, especially in the globalization time.
Traditional most of the groups rely on wet rice agriculture or swidden farming combines with rasing poultry, collecting, hunting and fishing, handicraffs (weaving, for gings, making pottery, carpentry, and commerce of diffrent levels,most ethnic groups consider the villages as thee most inmportant social unit; however the villages organization, house styles, family, sociaty and religious traditions are diverse. Today the peoples of Vietnam are in various degrees of development and international integration
If you would like to see whole panorama view in Vietnam in one day Viet Unique Tour advises you should come to Vietnam museum of ethnology, Hanoi city tour is the best choice for all of you.
