Poverty in Vietnam is highly concentrated in rural areas. Families work mainly in the agricultural sector, with limited employment opportunities available elsewhere. They have minimal access to credit, infrastructure, social services, and health care. The poverty facing these families has forced parents to keep their children at home as they could not afford the

In Vietnam, the price of a hospital stay does not include food. Already challenged by hospital expenses, many patients and their families are hard-pressed to buy food, so necessary to recuperation from illness. Since 2009, support from BGR has helped the Tam Binh chapter of the Vietnam Red Cross provide thousands of free meals