(HBO) – At the end of 2018, the rate of the poor households in the north-western mountainous province of Hoa Binh is estimated at 14.74 percent, down 3.1 percent year-on-year. The result has reflected the efficiency of preferential loans for the poor.
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Van Hoan, a man of the Tay ethnic minority group in Phu Son hamlet, Cao Son
commune, Da Bac district said before accessing the loans, his family had been
in the list of especially poor households in the commune. In 2012, his family
was eligible to get a loan worth 20 million VND from a programme that supports
poor households and another loan worth 8 million VND from the Vietnam Bank for
Social Policies (VBSP)’ Da Bac district branch under a programme supporting ethnic
minority households in special difficulties. With the money borrowed, his
family bought two buffalos that gave birth to two calves after nearly one year.
In 2015 Hoan’s family paid back the due debt and borrowed another 30 million
VND to invest in animal husbandry. Currently, his family has five buffaloes.
With preferential loans from the VBSP,
poor households in Cao Son commune (Da Bac district) have invested in buffalo
breeding, gradually getting rid of poverty and stabilising their lives.
Hoan’s family is one of the more than 90,000 others in the province which have surpassed
the poverty line after 15 years since the preferential loans were offered in
the province.
As of late November, 9,582 households had accessed loans totaling over 303
billion VND, with more than 256 billion VND already paid back. Total loan
outstanding balance exceeded 922 billion VND, with 31,851 debtors.
Local Party committees and authorities need to pay more attention to vocational
training and agriculture and forestry expansion in order to optimise the preferential
loans, helping accelerate poverty reduction in the province.
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.
The festival of great national solidarity and culture in 2024 was held at the communal house of Da Bac district on November 5. Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Toan and leaders of departments and sectors attended the event.
The Labor Federation of Da Bac district has focused on protecting workers' rights while actively participating in patriotic emulation movements to enhance the creativity and productivity of the local workforces across agencies, organisations and enterprises.
