There are approximately 3 million Vietnamese people living in over 100 countries outside Vietnam, and 87 million people living in Vietnam today. According to a U.N. study, Vietnam is ranked 13th amongst the most populated countries, and Vietnamese is among the twenty most spoken languages of the world. There are more people today who can read and write Vietnamese, with a literacy rate reaching 90.3%. Supplying nearly 80 million people with Christian literature and Bibles is a huge challenge; yet, it is a privilege for all of us to be partnered together in spreading God's Word.
Today, the current number of Vietnamese Christians has risen to 1.5 million from 150,000 in 1975. Vietnam Ministries, Inc. (VMI) receives many requests from individuals and churches in Vietnam and around the world for training and discipleship materials, devotional literature and Bible commentaries. Moreover, over half a million Vietnamese immigrants and guest-workers live in Eastern Europe and other countries desperately in need of spiritual care and nurturing. This is a great task and responsibility for the Vietnamese Church abroad.
In response to these challenges, VMI seeks to introduce Jesus Christ to Vietnamese people both in Vietnam and overseas through its ministries.
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