In the highland region of the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, the adults are harvesting rice while children are playing beside their working mothers.

In the early morning, residents in Lim Mong and Lim Thai villages, Mu Cang Chai district take their buffalo's to plough the fields.

From distant villages, local residents reach to the mountains to harvest crops.

For those who finish harvesting crops, they sell their local handicraft or agricultural products for visitors.

On the side of the house, children play together. Some have to help their parents with the agricultural work.

A H’Mong ethnic minority child on her mother’s side. H’Mong ethnic minority women are famous for their painstaking embroiling clothes which are often made when they have free time.

A H’Mong ethnic minority child in traditional clothes.

A woman’s smile after hard work. There is only once crop in Mu Cang Chai, which brings with a lot of hope for a local residents’ prosperous life.

( Compiled by VNF )