(HBO) - The Hoa Binh branch of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has held a working session with commercial banks, the business association and some enterprises in the province to update on the situation of business and production as well as to discuss measures to remove difficulties and support customers affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.
Leaders of
the provincial SBV branch and local banks consider measures to support
enterprises and customers affected by COVID-19.
According to leaders of the provincial SBV branch,
the branch has quickly implemented guidance documents of the SBV and the
provincial People’s Committee on measures to prevent and control the epidemic,
along with those to address difficulties to help local customers amid the
complicated developments of the COVID-19. The branch also issued documents
instructing local credit organisations in the province to adopt solutions to
assist customers in accordance with the SBV’s Circular 01/2020/TT-NHNN and
related documents, thus helping them cut losses and stabilise production and
business activities.
However, there are a large number of local
enterprises and individual borrowers affected by the COVID-19 epidemic,
reaching 640 as of April 22, with total loan value reaching 1,092 billion VND
(46.58 million USD). Among them, there are 572 individual and household
customers, 66 enterprises and two cooperatives.
The provincial SBV branch said it will instruct
banks to continue review their customers and coordinate with customers to seek
suitable support measures, on the first and foremost condition of ensuring
giving support to the right subject and affected sectors in accordance with
instructions of the SBV and the provincial People’s Committee. At the same
time, banks should not cause difficulties for customers eligible for support.
In the time ahead, the branch will inspect banks and credit institutions’ implementation
of support measures for enterprises and borrowers affected by the COVID-19./.
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.