Gie Trieng people

Giẻ Triêng
Total population
30,243 (1999 est.)
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam : Kon Tum
Languages

Vietnamese, others

Religion

Traditional religion

The Gie Trieng people (Vietnamese: người Giẻ Triêng) are an ethnic group in Vietnam. Most Gie Trieng live in the province of Kon Tum, in Vietnam's Central Highlands region, and in 1999 the population was 30,243. They speak a Mon–Khmer language.

They practice the custom of interring bodies of the dead by hanging the coffin on a tree.

Notable Gie Trieng