In this talk, we will present some recent results about the asymptotic stability of rarefaction waves for the compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity. Both cases will be dicussed. One is that the rarefaction waves do not include vacuum. The other is that the rarefaction waves contact with vacuum. The theory holds for large-amplitudes rarefaction waves and arbitrary initial perturbations. This is joint with Yi Wang and Zhouping Xin.