Bac Kan is a highland mountainous province, far from Hanoi capital 166 km towards North
its natural area is 485,941 hectares, of which agricultural land accounts for only 7.54 percent, forest land accounts highly for 77.24 percent, unused land accounts for 10.65 percent. Bac Kan has complex terrain. divided by high mountains. Bac Kan has one town, 7 district, 112 communes, 4 wards and 6 district capital. Its population in 2011 is 298,124, with the rural population accounts for 83.87 percent. Bac Kan has 59,344 rural households. of which agricultural households accounts for 87.08 percent. The numbers of rural households by source of highest income from agricultural sector accounts for 86.4 percent. In recent years, socio-economics situation of Bac Kan province has developed but it is still slow, unstable, lives of rural people are less advanced. Therefore, for socio-economic development and stable life advancement, people should develop rice production in order to ensure food security in Bac Kan province.