Poverty assessment through multidimensional poverty approach shows that households in Hoa An commune are poor in income and shortage basic social needs such as education, health care, housing, living conditions, and access to information. In the research area, low-income causes were severe or shortage of production means (residential land, production land), low education level, high dependency ratio, and without a job. The primary employment or, if any, focuses on farming with a precarious income. Households’ shortage all essential social criteria for the five basic social needs, including education, health care, housing, clean water/sanitation, and access to information. Among them, shortages in health, housing, and education are most common. In general, most households are a real shortage of income criteria and basic social needs. However, the criteria of health and housing are the two criteria that need the most attention because of their highest proportion. In terms of health, households need to be appropriately aware of the importance of health insurance to protect their family members and must voluntarily participate in purchasing health insurance. Households need to raise awareness, invest, care about repairing the houses which deteriorated signs. Boost production to increase income and improve living conditions. The local government must promulgate policies to improve working skills, enhance providing vocational training for the rural labor force. Besides that, the solutions of public health care and education effectiveness increasing are essential in the long-term. The government has to support households with a small financial to establish a clean water supply connection and a hygienic toilet.  Finally, encourage households to improve their capacity for information accessibility.