UNICEF has written that widespread malnutrition in Vietnam stems not from the insufficient production of food but from problems of availability distribution and demand. The authors estimated two models of child nutrition using data from a representative and relatively large sample of Vietnamese households surveyed in 1992-93. No evidence was found of gender bias in nutrition for either stunting or wasting. These findings are consistent with the lack of gender bias in Vietnam in providing health care and education to preteen children. Birth order and mother and fathers education are however important with the effect of education remaining even when income is included in the regression equations. The effect of education upon nutrition therefore appears to work directly rather than through its influence upon income. Families in the northern regions rural households and families belonging to ethnic minority groups have significantly higher levels of malnutrition than do those elsewhere in the country.