Vietnam: Hoa Chinese merchants in Saigon. Lithograph, 1872. Hoa refers to a minority in Vietnam consisting of persons considered to be ethnic Chinese (Han Chinese). They are often referred to as either Chinese Vietnamese, Vietnamese Chinese, Sino-Vietnamese, or ethnic Chinese in Vietnam. Those who migrated from Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) China to Vietnam declared themselves to be Minh-huong (Míngxiāng) which means the people of the Ming Dynasty. The Hoa are descended from early settlers from Guangdong province who arrived in Vietnam from the 18th to 20th centuries.

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