(NADS) - In Quang Binh province, in order for Directive No. 40-CT/TW to be effective and policy capital to reach people in the border areas, in recent years, officials of the People's Credit Fund in the province have not been afraid of difficult roads, tirelessly "carrying" capital to the people.
Thanks to timely policy capital, many villages are gradually "wearing" peace and prosperity. Implementing social security policies, in recent years the Party and State have implemented many preferential policies for poor households, including Directive No. 40-CT/TW. After 10 years of implementation, the Directive has been effective as many poor households have a more prosperous life, the face of the new countryside has improved, and people increasingly trust the leadership of the Party and State.
Follow the footsteps
Comrade Hoang Hai Nam - a credit officer who has been with the people in the highlands for many years shared: "During a field trip to Ploang village, Truong Son commune - a village with many things that are not: no electricity, no telecommunication signal, no well-off or rich households... and the only thing that is there is a high rate of poor households. With such undesirable "bests", the problem is how to propagate to help people understand the preferential policies of the Party and State that are being implemented to support the people, from there, people boldly borrow capital to develop their family economy to escape poverty and stabilize their lives. Therefore, "to eliminate poverty and develop the economy for the people, first of all, we must have capital and ways of doing. Capital is already available at the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, but ways of doing are not just talking to the people, but we must discuss and work together, what animals to raise, what trees to plant, how to plant and care for them..."
Although he is a young cadre, Mr. Nam has spent a lot of time volunteering to work in remote, difficult-to-access areas in mountainous communes and remote border villages.
Talking about this special choice, Nam confided: “In the past, I have participated in many charity programs, visited the people in remote and isolated areas of the province. I saw that the lives of the people here are still poor, and their living habits are still backward. Therefore, my wish is that the people in these highland border areas have access to preferential policies of the State, especially policy capital so that they know how to do business, develop the economy, change their lives and no longer depend on the support of the State”. After a time of eating and living together, understanding the thoughts and feelings of the people, understanding the difficulties they are facing, I always stay close to the area to promptly handle problems, creating favorable conditions for the people to soon access capital to develop production, and escape poverty.
As an officer who has been associated with Tan Trach and Thuong Trach communes, Bo Trach district for many years and has a lot of experience in bringing capital to the highlands, Mr. Le Tuan Son - an officer of the Social Policy Bank of Bo Trach district shared: “Tan Trach and Thuong Trach communes are the main places where ethnic minorities live. With economic difficulties and limited awareness, receiving the policies of the Party and State requires a process of “slow and steady wins the race”. With the motto “Transactions at home, disbursement and debt collection at the commune”, we went to eat and live with the people to review their needs and promote credit policies, only then did the people understand and boldly borrow capital to develop their economy”.
Director of the VBSP branch in Quang Binh province, Tran Van Tai, affirmed: “In order for villages and hamlets to become increasingly prosperous, for people to know how to use capital to develop the economy, and escape from backward customs, the role of policy credit officers is very important. They are the ones who silently contribute to bringing Directive No. 40-CT/TW and transferring the Party and State's policy capital to ethnic minorities.”
The highlands "transform"
With the efforts of implementing Directive No. 40-CT/TW to remote villages and hamlets by the staff of the Social Policy Bank, many ethnic minority households have begun to know how to borrow capital and invest in economic development. Head of Ploang village Ho Thi Thi excitedly said: Policy capital has reached the people in the village. Previously, many households only knew how to go into the forest to earn a living from meal to meal, now that policy capital has reached the village, people know how to borrow capital, calculate business and save money. Many people do not have to go into the forest to "run" for food from meal to meal like before.
The total loan turnover to implement Directive No. 40-CT/TW in the period of 2014 - 2024 for programs for ethnic minorities and mountainous areas reached 41,271 million VND, with 1,903 households borrowing capital. From 2021 to December 31, 2023, the poverty rate of ethnic minorities decreased by 16.63% (from 69.52% to 52.89%).
Secretary of the Party Committee of Truong Son Commune Nguyen Van Nhi happily shared: The implementation of Directive No. 40-CT/TW is a correct and humane policy of the Party and the State. Since having policy credit capital, the lives of people in Truong Son Commune have changed a lot. Their awareness has also gradually changed. From being afraid to borrow and do business, people have now boldly borrowed capital to develop livestock and crop models and are aware of having to save and pay interest monthly, not letting debts overdue. Up to now, policy capital has been spread to almost all villages with a loan amount of more than 42 billion VND to 769 customers, each customer can borrow an average of about 60 million VND.
The province's ethnic minority and mountainous areas currently have a natural area of 3,845 km². The population as of December 31, 2023 is 11,164 households, with 46,488 people. Ethnic minorities live in communities in 102 villages and hamlets in 15 communes and 3 villages of Minh Hoa, Tuyen Hoa, Bo Trach, Quang Ninh, and Le Thuy districts. The lives of ethnic minority and mountainous people in many places still face many difficulties; backward production customs make people's incomes unstable. Recently, thanks to the implementation of Directive No. 40-CT/TW, policy capital has reached many remote villages and hamlets.
Deputy Head of the Provincial Ethnic Minorities Committee Tran Huu Ninh said: Social policy credit has profound humanitarian significance, making an important contribution to the process of effectively implementing policies, goals, and tasks set forth by the Party and the State, solving social security issues in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, remote areas, and extremely difficult areas. Thereby, ethnic minorities can further strengthen their trust in the leadership of the Party and the State and effectively implement the national goal of sustainable poverty reduction and ensuring social security.
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