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越南民族文化通常指的是由起源于越南北部的京族所创造的文化。越南文化是亚太地区最古老的文化之一。与其他同样位于中南半岛的国家所不同的是，越南由于在历史上受到中国文化很大的影响，其文化特征与东亚民族非常接近，是东亚文化圈的一部分