several other minority faiths exist in vietnam. A significant number of people of people are adherents of caodaism, an indigenous folk religion which has structured itself on the model of the catholic church. sunni and cham bani islam is primarity praticed by the ethnic cham minority, though there are also a few ethnic vietnamese adherents in the southwest. in total, there are approximately 70,000 muslims in vietnam, while around 50,000 hindus and a small number of baha'is are also in evidence.