HCMC Secretary gives Tet gifts to people in Lam Dong
A delegation led by Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee visited and gave Tet gifts to policy households, poor people, and laborers in Lam Dong Province on January 4.
Binh Chanh prepares 26,000 gifts for social policy beneficiaries on Tet holiday
Reporting on the preparation for the Lunar New Year, Head of Culture and Sports Department of Binh Chanh District Truong Phi Hung said that on this Tet holiday (the Lunar New Year), the district has been preparing 26,000 gifts worth more than VND27.2 billion for families in the social welfare policies, people in serving the cause of the nation’s revolution, poor households and the disadvantaged.
Nearly VND2.94 trillion of loans for hunger eradication, poverty reduction
After six years of receiving the fund, the total loan turnover from the Poverty Alleviation Loan Program at the Ho Chi Minh City Bank for Social Policies reached approximately VND2.94 trillion, with 98,650 turns of poor households, near-poor households, and households that have just escaped the near-poor household standard in the area being granted loans.
Ten thousand Ngoc Linh ginseng plants provided to poor households for free
Faced with the situation that poor farmers in Tu Mo Rong District do not have money to buy seedlings for reinvestment after their Ngoc Linh ginseng plants died, the Ngoc Linh Ginseng Joint Stock Company has decided to provide 10,000 ginseng seedlings for farmers to cultivate again.
Deputies express concern over black credit trapping poor people
The supervisory delegation of the HCMC People's Council led by Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Council Nguyen Van Dung on June 3 had a working session on monitoring the implementation of the Sustainable Poverty Reduction Program in the 2021 - 2025 period of seven organizations in the city, such as the departments of Construction, Agriculture and Rural Development, Education and Training, Industry and Trade, Health.
PM Pham Minh Chinh pays Tet visit to Can Tho city
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 23 visited people, officials and armed forces of Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta on the occasion of the lunar New Year (Tet).
HCMC continues to support severe patients, members of poor households
While touring District 1 and Phu Nhuan yesterday, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vo Van Hoan directed the two districts to continue supporting those facing difficulties due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic in the districts.
Labor Department proposes more people to receive financial support
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs has just proposed to supplement beneficiaries of the city’s support policies affected by the novel coronavirus epidemic (Covid-19) in the city.
Vietnam Fatherland Front to spend VND14 billion on Tet gifts to the needy
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) plans to offer over 12,000 packages of Tet (Lunar New Year) gifts to poor households and welfare facilities at a total cost of over VND14 billion (US$606,519), according to Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Truong Thi Ngoc Anh.
HCMC has no more poor households in new rural districts
After 10-year implementation of the government’s new rural plan, Ho Chi Minh City has no more poor households in these districts implementing the plan.
HCM City aims to have no poor households by end of 2020
Local authorities need to learn more about the multi-dimensional aspects of poverty and offer solutions to reduce the poverty rate in Ho Chi Minh City, Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Vo Thi Dung said at a workshop on sustainable poverty reduction held on May 22.
Over $8 billion loan for poor households, top social welfare beneficiaries
According to the Social Policy Bank, by the end of 2018, total policy credit capital is VND194,402 billion including outstanding loan amount reaching VND187,792 billion ($8 billion) for nearly 6.7 million poor households and top social welfare beneficiaries who have asked for loans
HCM City’s district achieves target of no poor households
Ho Chi Minh City’s District 6 is the first in the city to no longer have households under the poverty line, achieving the target three years ahead of schedule.
EVN repairs electricity wires gratis for poor households
The Southern Power Corp (EVN SPC) said it will give free electricity repair for over 4,000 poor-considered houses and beneficiaries of social welfare policy in 21 cities and provinces in this month - “Month for showing gratitude to customers”
Governmental credit program helps 4.5 million poor households
The governmental credit program has assisted nearly 4.5 million poor households to escape poverty line during 15-year operation, reported the State Bank of Vietnam at a seminar in Hanoi yesterday.
Soc Trang province approves cow breeding to help poor households
The Mekong delta province of Soc Trang where most residents are Khmer pepople with low socioeconomic status compared to the country’s average development has approved the cow breeding project aiming to help locals to escape poverty.