Over VND9billion in loan disbursed for poor households in Di An

Di An town branch of the Bank for Social Policies in the first half of 2018 disbursed more than VND9billion in loan for 197 households. The town also made tuition fee exemption and reduction for 146 children of poor and near-poor households with more than VND42million.

In addition, the town introduced jobs to 879 laborers, disbursed nearly VND70billion from the national job creation fund for 1,287 projects with total outstanding loans of more than VND151billion; gave vocational training for rural laborers…

For the rest of the year, the town’s Steering Board of Poverty Reduction has set some major tasks, including guiding wards to grant health insurance cards to poor and near-poor households; further monitoring the implementation of job loan projects in 7 wards; disseminating and mobilizing the jobless to attend vocational training classes, opening vocational training classes for rural laborers…

Reported by Thanh Hong-Translated by K.T