(HBO) - The branch of the Bank for Social Policy in Mai Chau district reported that in the first eight months of 2021, it provided loans worth over 107 billion VND to 3,082 customers in the district. Since the beginning of the year, loans under social policies have been promptly provided to poor households and other eligible customers in 16 communes and towns in the district. Communes with high lending turnover are Tan Thanh (14.8 billion VND), Son Thuy (nearly 12 billion VND), Bao La (11.5 billion VND).
In the first eight months of the year, credit for clean water and environmental sanitation recorded high growth in Mai Chau district. Photo taken in Tong hamlet, Tong Dau commune.
In the period, the bank's Mai Chau branch implemented 9 credit programmes, focusing on those with high demands from locals such as loans for families in difficult areas to start business or production (40.7 billion VND), families under the poverty line (16.6 billion VND), families just above the poverty line (18.9 billion VND), clean water and environmental sanitation (17.4 billion VND). Up to now, the total outstanding loans in the district have reached 312.3 billion VND with 9,866 customers. Through social policy credit programmes, 290 labourers have found jobs and over 18,000 clean water and sanitation projects have been built./.
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.
