The Nung have a population about of 968 800 peoples, the nation has a population of 7 th place in Vietnam, available in all 63 provinces and cities. They living in the northeastern province of Tonkin as Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Thai Nguyen, Bac Giang, Tuyen Quang and more.

The Nung language belongs to the Tay-Thai language group (Tai-Kadai language family), and is in the same group with the Tay, Thai, and Choang of China.

The Nung are very good at cultivating fields. However, because they live on places where wet fields can not be exploited, they have to work on terraced fields instead. Beside corn and rice, the Nung also plant some other root vegetables, calabashes, and green vegetables.The Nung know how to make many handicraft products from weaving, metal working, poonah-paper making, and tile making.