(HBO) – In that time, the capital of Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) has promoted its efficiency practically, especially in supporting production development for poor households and beneficiaries of social welfare living in Mai Chau – a highland district. This is considered as an effective tool in the implementation of hunger eradication and poverty reduction, job creation and ensuring social security for ethnic groups in the area. Because of accessing the preferential loans to develop economy, people’s lives have been improved steadily. In 2017, there are 325 households which escaped the poverty with the help of preferential loans.
Thanks to the preferential loans of Vietnam
Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), Ms. Thi Kieu Ha and her family, living in Cha
hamlet, Tong Dau commune (Mai Chau), has invested in feeding buffalos. After
repaying the loans, she still gained two buffalos as profits to reinvest.
In order for people to access the
preferential loans, VBSP in Mai Chau district has cooperated with political-social
organizations to establish new branches at many hamlets and communes, which
facilitates the disbursement, debt and interest collections. At the same time,
VBSP cooperated with Examination Board to monitor the evaluation of lending
whether or not to follow the regulation of policy and beneficiaries properly,
and promote the efficiency of using preferential loans as targets planed.
Mr. Van Chuong Bui, Director of VBSP Branch
in Mai Chau, said: "Mai Chau district is implementing 14 programs about preferential
loans. Receiving these loans, dozens of households escaped the poverty
sustainably, dozens of people have jobs and many students and poor households
who borrowed these loans could go to school and construct houses respectively.
At the end of March, 2018, the outstanding
balances of these programs about preference loans in Mai Chau attained 246.795
millions VND, equal to 95% of amount planed.
The balance of savings deposited by
organizations and individuals, and savings in Financial Institutes has gained
21.155 millions VND. There are 230 financial institutes in the whole district
and 7.958 customers having loan outstanding balance. Next, the works of
consolidation and improvement the quality of services of credits have enhanced
significantly, particularly in that there are 319 millions VND of bad debt
accounting for 0,13% of the total debts, and there is no defalcation and misappropriation fraud. Moreover, there are
23 branches located in communes of district to supply services of lending, debt
collections and others of VBSP”.
In recent years, under the leadership of the provincial Party Committee and People’s Council, and through the concerted efforts of local Party organisations, authorities, and ethnic communities, Hoa Binh province has achieved significant progress in implementing ethnic affairs and policies. These efforts have brought a new face-lift to ethnic-minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, according to Ha Van Di, Head of the Ethnic Affairs Board of Hoa Binh province.
Hoa Binh province's association of education promotion on November 7 held a conference to review its month-long programme and present the "Hoc khong bao gio cung (endless learning)" scholarships for 2024. Key attendees included Nguyen Phi Long, alternate Member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee; Le Manh Hung, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education (VAPE); and Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.
At HANOI JVC Training Center (Hanoi), the Farmers’s Support Center, the Provincial Farmers' Union and VTC1 International Development joint Stock Company recently held a signing ceremony for a cooperation agreement to link consulting and create the labor resources working abroad for a limited period of time.
In recent years, the education career in Yen Thuy district has changed positively. The school facilities have newly been built and the quality of education has improved.
The Board for Women's Advancement of Hoa Binh province on November 11 officially launched the Action Month for Gender Equality, focusing on preventing and addressing gender-based violence. As part of the event, a special talk was held on the theme of sharing household work for a happy family. The event drew 300 delegates, including Nguyen Van Toan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee and head of the provincial Board for Women's Advancement.
The people in Hoa Binh province are aware of the need to build and preserve the cultural traditions and unique customs of their communities, especially those related to ethnic identities and family values which serve as foundation for a vibrant, tradition-rich Hoa Binh, enriching community life. In recent years, the province’s Party Committee, authorities, and residents have paid heed to building and developing family values and fostering human standards in the new era.
