According to the 2009 general survey on population and housing, the La Hu live in 16 out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide with a population of over 9,600. Over 99% live in Lai Chau province. In the past, the La Hu mostly lived on farming, hunting, and forest products. Their main farming tools were knives and hoes. For the last few decades, the group has started growing wet rice and using buffalos in farming. La Hu men are good at making rattan products and blacksmithing.
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