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, there were about 2,000 people of Indian origin settled in Vietnam, mainly in Saigon.〔 Prior to the Vietnam War, there was a vibrant Indian community, primarily Tamils and specifically Chettiars. The community still maintains a Hindu temple in Ho Chi Minh City, the Sri Mariamman temple which is also a tourist attraction.〔Sri Mariamman temple in Ho Chi Minh City (), ()〕 The Cham people (remnants of the Champa Kingdom) of central Vietnam share a long history with India. Today, the majority of Indians in Vietnam practice a religious syncretism of Hinduism (Brahminism) with Mahayana Buddhism. And Hindu temples are also serving for both Hindus and local Buddhists in both religious festivals. There's 2 main categories of Indians in Vietnam: pre-1975 Indo-Vietnamese, who have been living in Vietnam for a few generations starting from the late 1800s, and post-1990s Indian expats who came to Vietnam recently after the implementation of the Doi Moi economic reforms, as entrepreneurs, business people, professionals and foreign workers. The pre-1975 Indo-Vietnamese are very few in number today in Vietnam. == Pre-1975 Indo-Vietnamese == In contemporary history, Indians began migrating to Vietnam in the late 19th century, to escape difficult economic conditions back in India in search for better prospects elsewhere, and/or for colonial civil service. There were several categories of Indian migrants: * low- to middle-ranking civil servants from French colonies in India like Pondicherry; * South Indian business people like Chettiars and Tamil Muslim * unskilled South Indian laborers; * Gujarati and Sindhi merchants from Mumbai (Bombay); * Sikhs and other Punjabis as security guards and shop owners. According to a 1937 census taken by the French Indochinese colonial regime, there were around 2000 South Asians living in Southern Vietnam (Cochinchina), and another 1000 residing in Northern Vietnam (Tonkin), Central Vietnam (Annam) and Laos. An estimated 3,000 - 4,000 Indians lived in the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) in the 1950s and 60s, very few to none in communist North Vietnam after its independence in 1945. A Vietnamese source estimated that around 1000 Indians were in Saigon in the 1950s, of whom 400 were from the former French India, and the remainder were Bombay Gujarati and Sindhi merchants. Hindu, Muslim and Sikh Indians were all present. The majority of Indian Vietnamese were South Indian (e.g. Tamil), however a sizeable minority were North Indian (e.g. Gujus, Sindhs, Punjabis). Many Indo-Vietnamese lived in Saigon, but some also lived in other cities and towns like Đà Nẵng, Đà Lạt, Huế, and Nha Trang. Gujus and Sindhis were mostly textile, clothing and jewelry merchants, and tailors, esp. in Saigon where they have many shops. Chettiars were mainly engaged in moneylending and brokerage, and rental of commercial buildings, vehicles, boats etc. The Chettiars started returning to India in 1963 due to political instability after the 1963 coup d'état and assassination of President Ngo Dinh Diem. Tamil Muslims built several mosques in Saigon in the 1930s, including the Central Mosque (vi: ''Thánh Đường Đông Du (Dong Du Mosque))'' (ar: ''Jamia Al-Musulman''), the Chợ Lớn Mosque (vi: ''Thánh Đường Chợ Lớn''),〔 and the Jamiul Islamiyah Mosque.〔 Tamil Hindus constructed several prominent temples in the city, incl. the Sri Mariamman temple and Sikhs have built a gurdwara (Sikh temple). The gurdwara is now a pharmaceuticals office. Some non-Muslim Indians, e.g.. Hindu Sindhis and Gujaratis, intermarried with local Vietnamese women and started families with them, some, in particular Chettiars, despite already having wives back in India. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indians in Vietnam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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