On Jan. 23, the provincial People's Committee vice chairman Tran Thanh Liem chaired a meeting to hear about bank for social policies' 2013 operational result and the bank's orientation for 2014. The provincial People's Committee vice chairman Tran Thanh Liem chairs a meeting In the past year, the provincial Bank for social policies' management board set out measures to steer and complete the entrusted plans and simultaneously excel the national goal program on poverty reduction and job placement, social welfare in the locality. In addition, the bank timely assisted for more than 62,000 privileged households, lured over 9,000 laborers to borrow loans, lifting the total households getting jobs up to 25,354 from 4 lending programs for poor households, sub-poor households, job placement and production-business. Moreover, the bank offered preferential loans for over 14,000 needy students, built over 75,000 clean water works and environmental hygiene works in rural areas, facilitating to help privileged families develop production, business and improve living, contributing to finalize the national goal program on poverty reduction and job placement..Reported by H.Thuan - Translated by A.C