Bac Kan is among the poorest provinces in Vietnam with 86.6% being of minority population, 60% of the populations are living under the poverty line; the malnutrition rate of children under 5 years old is at 25.4%. Project community is the poor community in Ba Be district which includes the habitat of Hmong, Dao and Tay people. The people there are mostly living in and working in forestry and subsistence agriculture.
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