Some folks say between 60 and 80%. It might be best to say during which decade, as there may have been more Catholics there in the 1950's and 1960's than there is today.
approximately 89%
The majority of Vietnam (85%) are Buddhist.
During the war, alot of Catholics were encountered.
American Indians represented less than one percent of the service deaths. Black deaths were about 15 percent in the Army, 13 percent in the Marines, four percent of Navy deaths and nine percent of USAF deaths. Asians had no more than one percent deaths in any service. About 7260 blacks died and 96 percent of those were in the Army or the Marines. About 83 percent of the Army deaths were White and 85 percent of all Marine deaths were White. Hispanic deaths wer between four and five percent. It was not as distorted a picture as most believe. There are 102 Garcias listed on the Vietnam Wall. About 14 percent of the names on the wall are of black men at a time when the US population was about 11 percent black. It may be better stated that wealth had an advantage over poverty then any other factor, if you could afford to go to college, get a Master Degree, go to Law or Medical School you could avoid Vietnam. If you were wealthy, a slot in the National Guard could be found.
In 1950 the population in Vietnam (north & south together) was approximately 29 million people. In 1959, it was approximately 33,000,000 people.
Buddhism influenced Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia,Laos,Malaysia,Mongolia, Thailand,Vietnam,Japan, Korea,Nepal, Singapore,Sri Lanka, and Tibet) and Russia and the Western Countries.
The estimate is around 80%.
Theravada Buddhism
Booya
Buddhism
Buddhism is the dominant religion of Vietnam.
See website: Vietnam
It came to Vietnam in the 1st century
The majority of Vietnam (85%) are Buddhist.
Mahayana Buddhism
The most popular religion in Vietnam is Buddhism, with over 70% of the population identifying as Buddhists. Additionally, there are also significant numbers of Catholics and followers of indigenous Vietnamese religions.
More than 90 percent of Mongolian citizens practice some form of Buddhism, mostly Tibetan Buddhism with traditional Shamanism. 5 percent of Mongolia are Muslim, and more than 4 percent of the population practices Christianity.
The main religion practiced in Vietnam is Buddhism. Many followers of this religion practice a mixture of Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.