Objective: To describe epidemiological, clinical characterization and some associated factors in the diabetic retinopathy patients with diabetes type II in Ha Nam province. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study of 784 type II diabetic patients in Ha Nam in 2013. Results: The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was 30.99 percent, diabetic retinopathy was 23.72 percent less proliferative, proliferative was 0.12 percent, macular edema disease was 0.82 percent. Conclusions: The risk of retinal lesions in patients have 5-10 years of diabetes is 1.6 time higher, and in patients 10 years of diabetes is 4.11 time higher when compared to group have diabetes 5 years.