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Nutritional information

Vietnam is on course to meet the global target for exclusive breast feeding, but remains offcourse to meet all other targets analysed by the GNR.

Although it performs relatively well against other developing countries, Viet Nam still experiences burdens among its under-5 population. The national prevalence of childhood overweight as of 2015 is 5.3%, which has increased slightly from 3.5% in 2014. The national prevalence childhood stunting is 24.6%,below the developing country weighted average of 27.9%. Viet Nam’s childhood wasting prevalence of 6.4% is also below the developing country average of 9.4%.

A total of 24% of infants under 23 months are exclusively breastfed, which is considerablyless than the Asia average of 42.2%. Viet Nam’s 2015 Low birthweight prevalence of 8.2% has decreased slightly from XX in 2000.

Viet Nam’s adult population faces malnutrition burdens; 24.2% of women of reproductive age in Viet Nam have anemia, and 5.5% of adult males suffer from diabetes. OvernutritionOverweight and obesity are also an issue in Viet Nam, where 2.7% of adult females suffer from obesity. In these latter two indicators, males and females are relatively equally affected.

Sources: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group: Joint child malnutrition estimates, NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, WHO Global Health Observatory.

Notes: Thresholds for a country having the form or not: stunting in children aged under 5 years >20%; aneamia in women of reproductive age >20%; overweight (body mass index >25) in adult women aged >18 years >35%.

Progress against global nutrition targets 2018

Under-5 stunting

10/48 on course

Under-5 wasting

10/48 on course

Under-5 overweight

10/48 on course

Low birthweight

10/48 on course

Exclusive breastfeeding

10/48 on course

Adult female obesity

On course

Adult male obesity

No progress

Adult female diabetes

NA

Adult male obesity

Some progress

WRA anaemia

Some progress

Sources: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group: Joint child malnutrition estimates, NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, WHO Global Health Observatory.

Notes: Thresholds for a country having the form or not: stunting in children aged under 5 years >20%; aneamia in women of reproductive age >20%; overweight (body mass index >25) in adult women aged >18 years >35%.

Diet

Infant and young child feeding

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Dietary intake

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Coverage / practice indicator	Total (%)	Boy (%)	Girl (%)	Year
Children 0-59 months with diarrhoea who received zinc treatment	44	NA	NA	2014
Children 6-59 months who received A supplements in last 6 months	61	62	60	2014
Children 6-59 months given iron supplements in past 7 days	4	4	4	2014
Women with a birth in last five years who received iron and folic acid during their most recent pregnancy	NA		NA	NA
Household consumption of any iodised salt	82	NA	NA	2011

Population (000)	164,670	2017
Under-5 population (000)	15,061	2018
Rural (%)	64	2017
>65 years (000)	8,509	2018

Early childbearing: births by age 18 (%)1	24	2013
Gender Inequality Index (score*)2	0.54	2017
Gender Inequality Index (country rank)2	132	2017

Physicians	0.47	2015
Nurses and midwives	0.27	2015
Community health workers	0.48	2012

Gini index score1	Gini index rank2	Year
32	36	2016

Country Nutrition Profiles

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Progress against global nutrition targets 2018

Under-5 stunting

Under-5 wasting

Under-5 overweight

Low birthweight

Exclusive breastfeeding

Adult female obesity

Adult male obesity

Adult female diabetes

Adult male obesity

WRA anaemia

Diet

Infant and young child feeding

Dietary intake

Nutrition related disease

Infant and young children (under-five) at national level

Coexistance of wasting, stunting and overweight

Low birth rate

Child and adolescent (aged 5-19)

Adult

Interventions and financing

National nutrition strategies

Targets included in national (nutrition or other) plan

Intervention coverage

Development assistance

Social determinants

Population

GDP per capita (PPP$)

Poverty rates (%)

Income inequality

Prevalence of undernurishment

Gender-related determinants

Female secondary education enrolment (net, % population)

Drinking water coverage (% population)

Sanitation coverage (% population)

Under-5 mortality (per 1,000 live births)

Population density of health workers per 1,000 people