There are three types of Vietnamese Muslims in Vietnam:

1. The Champa Muslims

         These are one of the indigenous people of Vietnam and they form the majority of Muslims.
For more details see "The History of Islam in Vietnam".

2. The Inter-Racial Muslims

         These are descendents of mixed marriages between local Vietnameses and Muslim traders such as the Arabs, Indians, Indonesians, Malaysians and Pakistanis. Throughout the ages, these
descendents also either married local Vietnameses who converted to Islam or Muslims from other
countries. They make up the second largest group of Vietnamese Muslims.

3. The Vietnamese Converts

         Throughout the ages, the local Vietnameses interacted with Muslim traders who lived in Vietnam. They were drawn to the teaching of Islam and therefore they embraced Islam. For example, there is an entire Tân BØu village in Tân An province which converted to Islam.