Việt Nam has about 1.6 million poor and near-poor families in 2023: M… stockbot 0 13 03.20 11:14 https://vietnamnews.vn/society/1652291/vie-t-nam-has-about-1-6-million… + 0 https://vietnamnews.vn/rss/society.rss + 0 The Northern Midland and Mountainous Region had the highest poverty rate (11.29 per cent) with 364,681 households in need, followed by the Central Highlands (6.40 per cent), and the North Central Region and Central Coast (3.83 per cent).