Young Muslim Children from the Cham people in Vietnam sell traditional handmade jewelry. Buyers often include Vietnamese tourists as well as tourists from abroad.
Only the Cham people practice Islam in Vietnam. Most of the other ethnic population in Vietnam are Buddhist or Christian or follow a philosophy of the spirit.
About 80 000 to 100 000 Cham ethnic died during the Khmer regime between 1975 and 1979 years, under the Democratic Kampuchean political movement.
The Cham live in Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, China, USA and parts of Europe.
The Cham ethnic was originally practiced Hinduism and Confucianism, but today, this they are influenced by Islam.
Pictures and camera are not authorized at the mosque that was built a few years ago in this little Cham ethnic village near the Mekong river.
This Cham village has not been checked since COVID-19 pandemic which arrived in around December of 2019, to see if it still survives as there were no hospitals in the area.
