Quy Hop is a mountainous district in the north-west of Nghe An province. It borders on Quy Chau district to the north, Tan Ky and Anh Son districts to the south, Nghia Dan district to the east, Con Cuong and Quy Chau districts to the west. Established in 1963 on the basis of the separation of 10 communes. This is a UNESCO-listed district in the Western Biosphere Reserve of Nghe An Province.

Quy Hop has many precious minerals such as gold, precious stones, tin, moan, … Tin ore alone has high content. Quy Hop has many rocky mountains (granite, granite). Quy Hop is in favor of the abundance of mineral resources. This land is famous for its red rock quarries, marble, tin ore being exploited loudly.

n the process of research, scientists have identified a number of rocks in central Vietnam are full of criteria for processing fine art articles, tiles and decorations include: sedimentary rock biochemical carbonate, terrigenous sedimentary rocks, magmatic rocks, metamorphic rocks, red rocks (Jasma), neodymium rocks, quartz crystal.

Carbonaceous sedimentary carbonate, widely distributed in the provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Quang Binh, a significant amount in Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue and rare in Ha Tinh, Quang Nam. Rock solid with a variety of colors, patterns: black or black color contains calcite strips of calcite; pale pink, light red; patchy leopard print style, rattan pattern; Variety of re-crystallized limestone …

Zodiac is found only in Chau Thanh commune, Quy Hop district (Nghe An province) in the form of rollers distributed along Nam Guap stream, Nam Roong, which contains light blue coridon minerals. Mainly magnetites, hematite and sericite.