Tags: Ethnic Group.
The San Chay people (Vietnamese: Người Sán Chay; also called Cao Lan) live in Tuyên Quang Province of the Northeast region of Vietnam as well as some nearby provinces. They speak a form of Tai languages. Their population was 169410 in 2009.Many live in remote areas using slash and burn agriculture because those areas are not flat enough for patty rice production.They sing sình cồ (love songs) and celebrate the Slếch thlin mảy festival (New Rice festival).