(HBO) - According to the transaction office in Cao Phong district of the bank for social policies, total outstanding loans provided for policy beneficiaries in the locality reached nearly 311.8 billion VND as of the end of June 2021, equivalent to 100 percent of the target set for the year, and up 20.5 billion VND from the figure reported in the end of 2020.

During the period, growth was seen in a number of credit programmes, including loans for near-poor households (up 4.6 billion VND), loans for building water,sanitationandhygiene facilities (up 7.9 billion VND), loans for business households in difficult areas (up 9.7 billion VND), and creating jobs (up 1.3 billion VND).

Meanwhile, credit programmes reported decreases in outstanding loans include those providing housing support for poor households (down 1.6 billion VND), loans to ethnic minority households (down 1.4 billion VND).

During the period, as many as 2,417 poor households, near-poor households and other policy beneficiaries in Cao Phong district accessed socialpolicyloanstotaling 80 billion VND with each household averagely receiving 33 million VND.

Loans was disbursed swiftly, helping 1,180 poor and near-poor households, and those in disadvantaged areas further invest in production and business, and contributing to constructing over 2,100 clean water and environmental hygiene projects for rural households./.


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