A cross-sectional study was conducted on 129 pairs of mothers and children aged from 6-23 months in two poor communes of Bac Ha and Simacai district, Lao Cai province in 2014 to describe actual complementary food intake in children aged 6-23 months. Results: Energy intake from complementary food in children 6-8 months was 379.9 kcal, children from 9-11 months was 354.9 kcal, and children from 12-23 months was 514.7 kcal/day. The ratio P: L: G in children 6-8 months was 11:10:79, in children from 9-11 months was 12:10:78, and in children from 12-23 months was 11:11:78. Children 6-23 months in the study ate mainly starch, consumption rates of lipid and protein-rich foods were very low, this will lead to nutritional consequences later due to the imbalanced diet.