(HBO) – Da Bac district has carried out 14 preferential credit programmes with total outstanding loans of more than 350 billion VND (15 million USD). As many as 9,634 clients were provided with the loans.
The
quality of credit has been improved, and overdue loans account for only 0.06 percent
of the total outstanding loans.
Since the outset of the year, over 80 billion VND worth of loans was provided
for 2,174 customers, according to the transaction office of the Vietnam Bank
for Social Policies’ chapter in Da Bac district. The office has recovered over
50 billion VND in debt, and cleared bad debts worth 60 million VND.
The district is now having 243 savings and lending groups with 9,532 members. Each
commune has an average of 12 groups and 40 members.
In the past years, the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies have accompanied local
farmers, helping them enhance incomes and improve livelihoods. The preferential
loans have made significant contributions to carrying out the national target
on sustainable poverty alleviation and ensuring social welfare in the
district./.
After several unsuccessful attempts to raise pigs, buffaloes and cows, Nguyen Hong Minh who resides in Mui hamlet, Hoa Binh city’s Doc Lap commune decided to try breeding bamboo rat.
Chairman of the Hoa Binh People’s Committee Bui Van Khanh on February 2 held a Lunar New Year meeting with businesses, investors and cooperation in the locality. The event drew Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Bui Duc Hinh; Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hoang Quang Phong; representatives from the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Vietnam Association of Young Entrepreneurs; as well as leaders of local departments, sectors and localities and 200 local businesses, cooperatives and investors in the locality.
Following the successes achieved in 2023, the local agricultural and rural development sector, localities and cooperatives are gearing up for first orders of the year, as part of their efforts to boost agricultural exports.
Most workers at enterprises in the northern province of Hoa Binh have turned to work just one week after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
The Hoa Binh Power Corporation (PC Hoa Binh) has directed its units to build plans as well as arrange resources to ensure stable electricity for local winter-spring crop production.
On February 28, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hoa Binh province coordinated with Minh Trung Vietnam Group joint Stock Company, Hoa Binh branch in Luong Son industrial park, Luong Son district organized a ceremony to export Bat Bao lotus porridge to the Japanese.