=====%%In the late 19th century, nearly 500,000 Chinese migrated to Southeast Asia. With 1,000,000 inhabitants, Hoa ethnic group occupies 1.77 % of the Vietnamese population and lives mainly in Chợ Lớn area of Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh (HoChiMinh City), Cần Thơ, Kiên Giang, Đà Nẵng, Hà Nội, Hải Phòng, Quảng Ninh .....Most of them are workers and have been naturalised in Vietnam. However, many members of Hoa ethnic group are expert in business and held several leading economic branches in South-Vietnam before.=====