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The Vietnamese people (Vietnamese: người Việt , lit. ' Việt people ' or ' Việt humans ') or the Kinh people (Vietnamese: người Kinh , lit. 'Metropolitan people'), also recognized as the Viet people [67] or the Viets, are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day Vietnam.
The name Vietnam (Vietnamese pronunciation: [viə̀t naːm], chữ Hán: 越南), fully Việt Nam Quốc (越南國) under the Nguyễn dynasty, is a variation of Nam Việt (南越; literally "Southern Việt"), a name that can be traced back to the Triệu dynasty of the second century BC. [8]