Exercise 1. Read the passage and choose the best answers.
Viet Nam is a multi-nationality country with 54 ethnic (1)
. The Viet (Kinh) people
account (2)
87% of the country's population and mainly inhabit the Red River delta,
the central coastal delta, the Mekong delta and major cities. The other 53 ethnic (3)
groups, totalling over 8 million people, are scattered over mountain areas (covering two-thirds of the
country's territory) spreading from the North to the South. Among ethnic minorities, the largest ones
are Tay, Thai, Muong, Hoa, Khmer, and Nung with a (4)
while the smallest are Brau, Roman, Odu with several hundred people each.
of around 1 million each
A number of ethnic minorities had (5)
some farming techniques. They grew rice
plants in swamped (6)
and carried out irrigation. Others (7)
fishing, collecting and lived a semi-nomadic life. Each group has its own (8)
and special. Beliefs and religions of the Vietnamese ethnic minority groups were also disparate from
each other.
D. majorities
1. A. groups
B. team
C. minorities
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hunting
divers