(HBO) – As of the end of April, outstanding loans for the poor and other beneficiaries of social policies in Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province, approximated 300.1 billion VND (nearly 13 million USD), according to the transaction office of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) in the district.


Since the year’s beginning, the VBSP branch in Mai Chau has continued mobilising capital from different sources and disbursed the money for the poor and other policy beneficiaries in a timely manner.

As much as 59.3 billion VND had been lent in the first four months, including more than 32 billion VND for over 1,600 borrowers in April.

Loans for households to carry out production and business activities in disadvantaged areas account for the majority, more than 25.6 billion VND between January and April, raising the total credit of this type so far to 80.5 billion VND for over 2,000 households.

It is followed by loans for poor households (72.7 billion VND), near-poor households (54 billion VND), and clean water supply and environmental hygiene projects (45.7 billion VND)./.

 


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