Laha people

La Ha
Total population
 Vietnam 10,157 (2019)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam: Yên Bái, Sơn La
Languages
La HaVietnamese
Religion
AnimismBuddhism

The La Ha (Vietnamese: người La Ha) are an ethnic group of Vietnam. Most La Ha live in the Yên Bái and Sơn La provinces, and numbered 10,157 people in 2019. They speak the Laha language, which is part of the Tai–Kadai language family.

The La Ha celebrate the Pang A Nụn Ban Festival to show deep gratitude to their doctors. They offer them bitter bamboo and Mạ Rệ flower, both of which are popular drugs.

  1. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.