Gie Rieng Ethnic Group

Overview
 - Name of ethnic group: Gie Trieng (Dgich, Tareh, Giang Ray, Pin, Trieng, Treng Ta Lieng, Ve, La Ve, and Bnoong).
 - Population: 30,243 people (Year 1999).
 - Locality: Kon Tum Province and the mountainous areas of Quang Ninh Province.

Customs and habits
 - The Gie Trieng lives in long houses built on stilts. Houses in the village are arranged in a circle around the Rong (communal house). Young woman decide when they will marry according to their own initiative. The Gie Trieng believes that all beings have a "soul" and a "spirit". Therefore ritual ceremonies and the watching of good and bad omens have prevailed. The sacrifice of buffaloes is a common ritual ceremony.

Culture
 - The Gie Trieng language belongs to the Mon-Khmer Group.

Costumes
 - Men usually wear loincloths. Women wear skirts long enough to cover their chests and some have adapted to wearing a bra sewn into their skirts.

Economy
 - The Gie Trieng lives mainly on the cultivation of the land, hunting, fishing, and gathering.

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