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The Bru (also Brao Bruu Brou or Bru-Vân Kiều; Vietnamese: Người Bru – Vân Kiều; Thai: บรู) (which literally means people living in the woods) are an ethnic group living in Thailand Laos and Vietnam. They are closely linked linguistically and culturally to the Mountain Khmer but are heavily influenced by Laos. The Bru are also close ethnically to Pnongam peoples of Southern Vietnam/Eastern Cambodia.