(HBO) - In recent years, with many practical programmes, Vietnam Bank for Social Policies’ transaction office in Lac Son district (Hoa Binh province) has improved the quality of entrustment activity, making it easier for local people to get access to preferential credits, thus timely helping poor and disadvantaged households develop production and improve their living standards, and promoting sustainable poverty reduction in the locality.
Soft loans have helped local residents to implement the national target programme on hunger eradication and poverty reduction, and stablise the political and social situation in Tan Lap commune.
With preferential loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, Mr.
Bui Quoc Trong, Tom 3 hamlet, Tan Lap commune (Lac Son district) has invested
in producing wooden furniture.
At present, Tan Lap commune is
implementing eight policy credit programmes with outstanding loans worth over 24.4
billion VND. Of which, outstanding loans for poor households account for the largest
amount, reaching over 8.4 billion VND, while loans for near-poor households as
well as business and production projects reached over 5.5 billion VND and 2.3
billion VND, respectively.
The commune has 33 groups of savings and
loans with 1,273 borrowers and savings reaching 464 million VND. To effectively
use the preferential loans, the bank office’s staff closely coordinated with those
working in associations and organisations receiving credit entrustment to call
on the groups’ members to transform the crop and livestock structure, focusing on
growing new varieties with high yield and quality
and suitable to the commune's natural conditions.
Attention has been also paid to building models
to produce new maize and hybrid rice varieties, breed big herds of cows and
buffalos, and process animal feed.
Along with
measures to help the groups’ members access and effectively use loans, many emulation
movements were launched to encourage local farmers, women, war veterans and
young people to promote production and business activities and support each
other to eradicate poverty, and make their fortune.
The effective use of preferential
credit loans in Tan Lap has remarkably supported the implementation of the national target programme on reducing poverty, building new-style rural areas and ensuring social security in the locality.
So far, the rate of poor households in the commune has droped to 27.6 percent, and the per capita income stands
at 28
million VND per year./.
In late March, 29 labourers from Da Bac district were sent to work as seasonal farm workers in Buyeo county, Chungcheongnam province, the Republic of Korea (RoK). Upon arrival, they quickly settled into their jobs, enjoying good working conditions and benefits, with wages aligned with the terms of their signed contracts. The programme is now being expanded, with relevant departments and sectors actively seeking additional seasonal employment opportunities in various localities across the RoK.
Luong Son Industrial Park has invested in standardised wastewater and emissions treatment systems, enforced tight emission controls, reduced noise, dust, and solid waste, and expanded green spaces, contributing to protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development.
Hoa Binh police are collecting public feedback on amendments to the 2013 Constitution via the national identification app VNeID. This innovative approach marks a giant leap towards modernising grassroots democracy and enhancing transparency in public consultation.
A total public investment capital of 113 billion VND (over 4.3 million USD) was disbursed for a project to upgrade infrastructure and stabilise residents in the vicinity of the Da River reservoir between 2021 and the first quarter of 2025, giving a facelift to local rural areas and improving the quality of people's life.
Since the end of 2023-2024 academic year, Cu Yen Primary and Secondary School in Luong Son district has deployed e-study records for all of its 500 primary students, said the school principal Nguyen Thi Tuyen.
The Labour Federation of Hoa Binh city has actively worked to protect the rights and welfare of nearly 8,000 local workers and union members at 152 grassroots unions. Through regular dialogues, education campaigns, and welfare programmes, the federation has helped foster stable, progressive labour relations.
