The research aimed to explore latrine situation in one province in the Red River Delta. The study was to describe the situation and analyze some factors related to construction, usage and maintenance of household latrines in An My commune - Ha Nam in 2011. The results showed that percentage of households having their own latrine is 97.7 percent, but the percentage of households having the standard latrine is still low (35.1 percent). Types of hygienic latrine in the research area: septic tank (76 percent)
biogas (1.7 percent)
DVC (1.3 percent)
pour flush (1.3 percent). Using and maintaining latrine affect household hygienic standard. In term of the risk score, the percentage of household having clean and low risk latrines is 84.2 percent. Factors related to latrine use and maintenance were using human feces as fertilizer.