Thanks to preferential loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), people in Dak Nong province have more resources to invest in economic development. Policy capital has supported people to develop production, contributing to sustainable poverty reduction, gradually getting rich, contributing to the task of ensuring social security associated with new rural construction. The People's Committee of Quang Nam province has just held a meeting of the Council for selecting typical rural industrial products at the provincial level in 2024. In the arrangement and streamlining, we work quickly, urgently but must be very scientific; work quickly to move forward but also have to prevent consequences and risks such as avoiding risks due to mechanical imports, imports but with unreasonable things; must work and explore at the same time, minimizing risks. Ya Xiêr commune, Sa Thay district (Kon Tum) has 6 villages; population of more than 6,470 people, ethnic minorities (DTTS) account for more than 87% of the population. In recent years, under the leadership and direction of the Party Committee, local authorities, the efforts of ethnic minorities and investment resources from national target programs, the appearance of the commune is improving day by day, many poor ethnic minority households have risen up to escape poverty sustainably and become rich on their homeland. Recently, the National Agricultural Extension Center in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) of Dien Bien province organized a seminar on communication of the community agricultural extension model, evaluating the results of 2 years of implementing the pilot project "Improving the effectiveness of agricultural extension activities on the basis of perfecting the community agricultural extension team model". On December 20, the Department of Culture - Sports of Binh Dinh coordinated with the Ethnic Minorities Committee and the People's Committee of An Lao district to organize a training course on building a model to preserve and promote folk songs, folk dances and folk music of the Hre people in An Trung commune (An Lao district). On the afternoon of December 20, in Binh Dinh, a conference was held to evaluate the results implementing the Program of cooperation in tourism development of 6 provinces of Binh Dinh, Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Quang Ngai, Kon Tum and Phu Yen in 2024. With the theme "Returning to the majestic Lai Chau peaks", on the evening of December 20, Lai Chau province organized the opening ceremony of Lai Chau Tourism - Culture Week 2024. Attending the opening ceremony were leaders of the Vietnam National Tourism Administration, leaders of some provinces in the region and the Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the provinces and cities: Hanoi, Son La, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Ha Giang, Yen Bai; leaders of Kim Binh district, Yunnan province, China; along with a large number of people and tourists. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The morning news of December 21, there was the following notable information: Bringing folk dance into contemporary life. Green tourism potential in Binh Thuan. The rough gem is gradually shining. Along with other news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Exemplary and responsible for the common work, prestigious people in Bac Yen district (Son La province) always promote the role of a bridge, mobilizing people to respond to emulation movements, actively work in production, eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, contribute to socio-economic development, ensure national defense and security in the locality. On the morning of December 21, at the Government Office, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh - Head of the Steering Committee for the implementation of Resolution No. 136/2024/QH15 dated June 26, 2024 of the National Assembly on the organization of urban government and piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Da Nang city chaired the first meeting of the Steering Committee. Also attending were leaders of several central ministries, branches, and Da Nang city, members of the Steering Committee. On the afternoon of December 20, at the Presidential Palace, President Luong Cuong received Australian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam Andrew Goledzinowski to say goodbye, on the occasion of the end of his term of office. The Ambassador said that many Australian businesses want to invest in Vietnam. General news of the Ethnic and Development Newspaper. The morning news of December 21, there was the following notable information: Bringing folk dance into contemporary life. Green tourism potential in Binh Thuan. The rough gem is gradually shining. Along with other current news in ethnic minority and mountainous areas. On the evening of December 20, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Prime Minister's Conference with Ambassadors and Heads of Vietnamese Representative Agencies Abroad to summarize economic diplomacy work in 2024 and focus on 2025 to create momentum for growth. Also attending were Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; leaders of ministries, branches, central agencies; and a number of key corporations and associations.
Timely capital support
Mr. Nguyen Khac Hoan in Dak Tan village, Dak Nia commune, Dak R'Moan (Gia Nghia city, Dak Nong), shared: "My family came from the North to Gia Nghia to start a business. Life was difficult with a small garden, and my wife was often sick. Thanks to the commune officials' guidance on preferential loans, my family had money to dig a clean water well and buy fertilizer to develop production."
Currently, Mr. Hoan and 7 other households in Dak Nia commune are receiving support from the State with Sind crossbred cows for business. This near-poor family is very happy with the encouraging gift, feeling hopeful for the future.
Or like the family of Ms. Truong Thi May in Nam Dong commune, Cu Jut district (Dak Nong). In 2023, she was able to borrow 70 million VND under the program for newly escaped poverty households. With the capital, her family bought fertilizer and irrigation pipes to invest in a coffee garden of more than 1.5 hectares.
With good care, the coffee garden's productivity improved. In the last crop, coffee prices increased, and her family earned a good profit. From this profit, her family reinvested in raising more pigs. With the motto "short-term to long-term", the family's economy gradually became more stable.
Ms. May said: “A few years ago, the family economy was difficult. Many times, we had to borrow money from outside to buy fertilizer for our plants. Thanks to the timely support of the Social Policy Bank Transaction Office, our family had the conditions to invest in economic development and was not pressured by high-interest loans.”
Contribute to sustainable poverty reduction
Thanks to the attention, leadership and direction of the Central Party Committee, the Government, the Party Committee, the government and the people of Dak Nong province have united in efforts to overcome difficulties, promote internal resources, effectively exploit potentials and advantages, and bring the province to comprehensive development in all fields.
Outstanding achievements in the past two decades, Dak Nong has overcome stagnation, developed the economy and stabilized, with GRDP per capita in 2024 estimated at 80.14 million VND, exceeding the plan by 11.29 million VND and increasing by 12.2 million VND compared to 2023; the province has 40/60 communes meeting new rural standards, of which 05 communes have reached advanced new rural standards, reaching 67% of the communes. In the past 2 years, Dak Nong has implemented multidimensional, inclusive and sustainable poverty reduction.
Deputy Director of the Provincial Branch of the Social Policy Bank, Vu Anh Duc, shared: With the operational orientation since its establishment, up to now, which is to concentrate the State's policy capital into one focal point, the branch always closely follows the direction of the superior bank, taking advantage of the attention and support of local Party committees, authorities, organizations and people to deploy many suitable solutions to mobilize capital from many channels, many subjects with many forms.
Currently, the branch's total capital has reached more than 5,000 billion VND, an increase of 135 times compared to 2004 (the time of handover). In the first 11 months of 2024 alone, the branch has mobilized 746 billion VND in capital, of which the capital entrusted from the local budget, the budget of the People's Committee of the province, district and city reached 365 billion VND, an increase of 60.4 billion VND compared to the beginning of the year.
That result affirms the efforts of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies in mobilizing sufficient capital to promptly meet the demand for loans to invest in family economic development, improve the lives of 73,000 poor households and other policy beneficiaries, with a total outstanding loan of over VND 4,600 billion.
Party committees and authorities at all levels in the province have fully grasped the contents of Directive No. 40-CT/TW of the Central Party Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership over social policy credit (Directive No. 40-CT/TW), closely directing the assignment of capital sources originating from the State budget to a unified management agency, while balancing and arranging local budgets entrusted through the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, to supplement capital sources for poor households and other policy beneficiaries in the area to borrow capital.
Along with capital mobilization, the branch has built an organizational model and a specific credit management method that is effective and suitable for local practical conditions. Policy capital is transferred to the right beneficiaries through a system of transaction points spread across communes, along with a network of savings and loan groups in villages.
In particular, the regular consolidation and improvement of the quality of Savings and Loan Groups, which are considered as the "extended arm" of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies in implementing policy credit, has contributed to the rapid and safe transfer of preferential capital to the right beneficiaries.
Most of the Savings and Loan Groups have met the 3 criteria: enough members, enough operating capital, enough capable Group Leaders, creating a network covering the entire area from the mountainous areas, helping policy credit officers to effectively implement the motto "transactions at home, disbursement at the commune", ensuring that no one is left behind.
Policy capital flows are unblocked and flow regularly in the province. In 2024 alone, policy credit capital contributed to helping 6,630 households overcome the poverty line and develop production and business; 951 students with difficult circumstances were able to borrow capital to cover their study expenses, attracting and creating regular jobs for 2,654 workers.
Through the implementation of Directive No. 40-CT/TW, the combined strength of the whole society, Party committees and authorities at all levels has been mobilized to participate in implementing the poverty reduction program, caring for the lives of the poor and policy beneficiaries to escape poverty sustainably.
To maintain and continue to promote the achievements, the branch will continue to focus on mobilizing resources, capital, organizing the timely and safe transmission of capital to the right addresses and beneficiaries; strengthening the consolidating of the entrusted activities of socio-political organizations, promoting the propaganda of the Party and State's policies and guidelines on policy credit to all classes of people. In particular, promoting the implementation of Directive No. 39/CT-TW, dated October 30, 2024 of the Central Party Secretariat on improving the effectiveness of social policy credit in the new period.
Source: https://baodantoc.vn/dak-nong-khoi-sac-tu-nguon-von-tin-dung-chinh-sach-xa-hoi-1734573746557.htm
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