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Author 1 Author 2 Author 3 Author 6 “ Author 8 ETHNIC COMPOSITION VIETNAMESE ETHNIC GROUPS KINH First, I want to present to you the Kinh (Viets). They are the oldest and the largest ethnic group in Vietnam. They have the most developing economy and the richest multiform culture. “Ao dai” is the traditional dress in particular, or Vietnam’s in general, mean “long dress”, consisting of a long high necked, close fitting tunic that is split along the side to the waist and worn over loose fitting trousers. It is considered as a symbol of Vietnamese beauty. By – Binh HMONG The second ethnic group is Hmong. The Hmong are the eighth largest ethnic minority in Vietnam and with a total population of under 600,000. They are settled widely over northern Vietnam but most densely along the Lao and Chinese borders. Hmong preferably build their houses on the ground rather than stilts. They are famous for their embroidery and also batik which in evidence on the wide variety of costumes of their various branches. - Le Minh Trung Hieu TAY The Tay is an ethnic minority group with a huge population of about 1.7 million people. This makes them the second largest ethnic group in Vietnam after the majority Viet ethnic group. The live in the northern mountainous areas of Vietnam in particular in the Cao Bang, Lang Son, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, and quangninh provinces, where they along the valleys under lower slopes of mountains. The Tay people have their own speaking and writing language. They mainly live on farming and they are very experienced farmers. They use traditional agricultural methods and grow crops like wheat, corn, potato and vegetables. Their costume is simple but very beautiful. The main colour is black. Tay women like to wear skirts and their traditional dress “Sarong”. The Tay’s food is all maid from nature: leaves, roots, grass and fruits from trees and wild animal’s meat. The Tay usually live in stilt houses which are made of wood and leaves. They live in the foothills of mountains. -THUC ANH 48 PICTURE 1