The H’mong people are very good at agriculture. They live on high mountain tops and have two forms of farming: slash-and-burn farming and wet rice farming. The economic situation and life of the Mong ethnic people have changed positively in recent years.

The H’mong people have a long tradition of cultivating terraced fields. They exploited the land in the high mountains for slash-and-burn farming. Later, they turned the hillsides and mountainsides into terraced fields to grow wet rice.

They work from the bottom to the top of the hill. People use hoes to loosen the soil and make a flat surface.

Standing in front of the massive terraced fields in Yen Bai or Lao Cai, it is difficult for anyone to think that with rough hands and rudimentary tools, generations of H’mong people have created such masterpieces.

The H’mong people have two forms of farming: slash-and-burn farming and wet rice farming.

In many areas, the H’mong people build stairs into mountains to retain water to grow wet rice. The land chosen for wet rice fields or terraced fields is usually located at the foot of the hill, between two hillsides. This land must have a not very high slope, especially must have a natural water source provided by streams.

The H’mong people mainly live in high, rugged mountainous areas with harsh natural conditions, so in the farming process, they also have many unique ways. The terraced fields created by the H’mong people show their skills and talent in farming.

The H’ mong people live mainly in mountainous areas with altitudes of 1,000 m or more in the Northern and Western mountainous provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and the Central Highlands provinces.