The Vinh Long provincial People’s Committee on June 11 presented poorhouseholds with 330 houses funded by the Vietnam Joint StockCommercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) in 2013.
The gifts, worth a combined 10.65 billion VND (over 502,000 USD), showthe province’s efforts in mobilising all possible resources to supportlocal poor households.
The southern locality set a target ofcutting the rate of poor households by 1.3 percent in 2014, striving tomobilise 150 billion VND (7.07 million USD) donated by organisations andbusinesses to implement social programmes focusing on providing poorand near-poor households with housing support and health insurancecards.
It has been collaborating with VietinBank to promote thebank’s 15.5 billion VND (around 738,000 USD) funding package to buildanother 350 houses for poor locals this year, of which 132 were alreadycompleted.
The funding has also been used to build someclassrooms for Son Ca nursery school in Vinh Long city and providemedical equipment for the city’s general hospital.
Vinh Longnow has 12,623 poor households, or 4.57 percent of the total number oflocal households, and 13,566 near-poor households, 4.92 percent.
It is striving to expand various social activities and programmes,with priority given to vocational training, job generation, productiondevelopment and housing support.-VNA
The gifts, worth a combined 10.65 billion VND (over 502,000 USD), showthe province’s efforts in mobilising all possible resources to supportlocal poor households.
The southern locality set a target ofcutting the rate of poor households by 1.3 percent in 2014, striving tomobilise 150 billion VND (7.07 million USD) donated by organisations andbusinesses to implement social programmes focusing on providing poorand near-poor households with housing support and health insurancecards.
It has been collaborating with VietinBank to promote thebank’s 15.5 billion VND (around 738,000 USD) funding package to buildanother 350 houses for poor locals this year, of which 132 were alreadycompleted.
The funding has also been used to build someclassrooms for Son Ca nursery school in Vinh Long city and providemedical equipment for the city’s general hospital.
Vinh Longnow has 12,623 poor households, or 4.57 percent of the total number oflocal households, and 13,566 near-poor households, 4.92 percent.
It is striving to expand various social activities and programmes,with priority given to vocational training, job generation, productiondevelopment and housing support.-VNA
