Vietnam scores 37.6 in the Gini coefficient index of wealth inequality, with the top 10% accounting for 30.2% of the nation's income and the bottom 10% receiving 3.2%.
[3] While the country grows and overall poverty drops, urban dwellers benefitted more than their rural counterparts and a wide income disparity grew between the rich and poor.
The poorest rural people live in remote areas with small plots of low quality land that is unsuitable for farming.
Many children lacked access to the basic necessities of food, water, education and sanitation, especially in rural areas.
[6] The government and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) developed a multidimensional approach to tackle child poverty.