Vietnamese people 京族
（重定向自Annamese）
![Map of Văn Lang, 500 BC.](/Images/godic/202412/21/World_500_BCE_showing_Van_Lang3427.png")
![People of Tonkin, 1861-1880](/Images/godic/202412/21/Town_Dress_of_Women_from_Tonkin,_Woman_from_Tonkin,_Cult_Objects,_Riflemen_from_Tonkin3427.JPG")
![Percentage of Vietnamese people, by province (2009)[30]
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20%-40%
40%-60%
60%-80%
80%-95%
>95%](/Images/godic/202412/21/Percentage_Vietnamese3427.png")
![Rickshaw in Hanoi in the 19th century](/Images/godic/202412/21/Hanoi_conducteur_de_pp3427.jpg")
The Vietnamese people or the Kinh people (Vietnamese:người Việt (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋɨəj˨˩ viət˩]), or người Kinh (Vietnamese pronunciation: [ŋɨəj˨˩ kiɲ˧])), are an Asian ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population at the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam. The earliest recorded name for the ancient Vietnamese people appears as Lạc.