In 2014, the Ben Cat Town Farmers' Association collaborate with Ben Cat Town Branch of Social Policy Bank to disburse over VND 13.69 billion for 2,000 borrowers to develop household business, bringing the total outstanding loans from the bank to above VND 36.3 billion with over 3,500 eligible borrowers.
Of the amounts, 244 poor families have been offered loans of over VND 3.6 billion; 362 families offered with student-supporting loans of VND 6.4 billion; 2,500 families offered with loans for program of clean water and environmental sanitation of VND 20.1 billion; 166 families offered with loans for job creation of VND 1.8 billion; 210 poor families offered with loans of 4.3 billion... From the above resources, the poor and near-poor families having difficulty are offered with more conditions to develop economic conditions and get out of poverty sustainably .
Reported by Trinh Nga – Translated by Vi Bao
