Under the movement of “Women helping each other in economic development, sustainable poverty reduction”, Phu Giao district’s Women’s Unions at all levels in the first half of 2014 have considered and disbursed more than VND5.65bln from many different sources for 2,344 members to develop home based business. Of these, more than VND2bln was disbursed from the association’s loan-rotating fund for 584 women, more than VND1.72bln from 51 loan-giving groups of the Phu Giao branch of the Bank for Social Policies for 1,012 women…
The local Women’s Union has also cooperated with the Phu Giao branch of the Bank for Social Policies to control over loan-giving groups with a total outstanding loan of more than VND42.6bln for 2,899 households; organized 2 export footwear-making groups on contract for 55 women with the daily income of VND100,000; introduced jobs at district-based firms and plantations to 334 women…
Reported by Hoai Phuong-Translated by K.T












