Vietnam's rate of malnutrition reduces annually
Noi, Mar. 1 (VNA) -- Viet Nam's rate of malnourished children saw strong reduction, chalking 31.9 percent last year with most of them being classified at level 1.
Viet Nam's malnutrition rate annually went down by 1.2 percent in the 1980-2001 period, especially by 2.16 percent every year from 1995 to now.
The lowest malnutrition rates were recorded by the Red River Delta and the Eastern Nam Bo (the South) region, including Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City. The Eastern Nam Bo region registered a malnourished children rate of 25 percent, the rate targetted the whole country by 2005.--VNA
