A study on centipedes was conducted in Muong Thai commune, Ta Xua Natural Reserve, Son La in May and November 2017. Samples were collected in four typical habitats wooden tree forests , bamboo mixed forests, bamboo forests and agro-residental areas. As a result, a total of 17 species and subspecies in two orders (Scolopendromorpha and Scutigeromorpha) was recorded in that region. Of which, the order Scolopendromorpha has 15 recorded species and subspecies belonging to 7 genera, 3 families (Cryptopidae, Scolopendridae, Scolopocryptopidae). The other order, Scutigeromorpha, has only one species in one family (Scutigeridae). The study results also contributed new records of 13 species in 7 genera to the centipede fauna of the northwestern part of Vietnam, and 1 genus, Thereuonema, to the Vietnamese fauna. Among four habitats, wooden tree forests and bamboo forests have highest similarity on species composition (68.69%), but agro-residental area and bamboo forest have lowest value on species composition (20.50%). The diversity index (H’) is highest in bamboo forests (2.98), decreases in mixed forest (2.31), wooden tree forests (1.67) and agro-residental area (0.74). In ontrast, centipede density is highest in wooden tree forests (0.60 ind./m2), reduces in bamboo forest (0.47 ind./m2) and mixed forest (0.20 ind./m2).