What is the ethnic origin of Vietnamese?

While I basically agree with Alex Wong on his view about a mixed origin of the Vietnamese people, I have to correct him at some points. That's why I'm writing a more academic and comprehensive answer to this question. read more

The history of the Vietnamese started with a mysterious people native to the Red River Delta (Tonkin Delta, Tonkin or Dong Kinh in Vietnamese means Eastern Capital) in North Vietnam recorded in Chinese historical texts as the Lac Viet (or Luo Yue in Chinese). We have no idea about their ethnic identity or language. read more

In the history of Thai there were a lot of cultures that were there before the arrival of people from Yunnan. Regarding Vietnamese, there is no conclusion on where Vietnamese originated from, and multiple researches point to multiple origins. read more

The Vietnamese people or the Kinh people (Vietnamese: người Việt or người Kinh), are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population at the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam. read more