H're people

The H're people (Vietnamese: người Hrê) are an ethnic group of Vietnam, speaking a language in the Mon–Khmer family. Most H're live in the Quảng Ngãi and Bình Định provinces of Vietnam's South Central Coast, and numbered approximately 113,111 in 1999.

In 1996 the H're people made up the majority of the population in the districts of Ba Tơ (numbering around 31,800 people there), Sơn Hà (which then also included Sơn Tây, 43,800 people), and Minh Long (8100 people) in Quảng Ngãi Province. A third of the population of An Lão District in Bình Định Province were Hre in 1996 (around 5800 people).

They sing the kaleu melody and play ching and aradon.