The first student in Dong Nai to receive preferential credit program for STEM majors

(DN) - On September 10, the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) branch in Dong Nai province conducted procedures to approve loans and disburse funds to the first customers borrowing policy capital according to Decision 29/2025/QD-TTg dated August 28, 2025 of the Prime Minister on credit for students, master's students, and researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to cover tuition, living expenses, and other study expenses during their studies (preferential credit program for students studying STEM majors).

Deputy Director of the Social Policy Bank, Dong Nai Province Branch, Vo Trong Hoa, encouraged the family of Ms. Tran Thi Thuan, whose child is going to school, to benefit from the first policy loan program for students studying STEM majors in Dong Nai Province. Photo: Van Truyen

Specifically, the provincial branch of the Social Policy Bank approved a loan of 237 million VND for the family of Ms. Tran Thi Thuan whose son, Hoang Van Hung, is studying information technology at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport. In the 2025-2026 school year, this customer will receive a disbursement of 79 million VND. The remaining loan amount will be disbursed to the family in the following school years of student Hoang Van Hung.

Ms. Tran Thi Thuan said: Her husband suffered a stroke and his mobility has been very limited for many years. She collects scrap metal to support her husband and two children. Her two children have made efforts to overcome difficulties to go to school and are both former students of Luong The Vinh High School for the Gifted. Four years ago, when her eldest daughter was a student at a university in Ho Chi Minh City, she applied for a two-year leave of absence to find a job to save money to continue studying and partly support her family. After the leave of absence, her daughter will continue to go to school and will graduate in the 2025-2026 school year.

In the 2025-2026 school year, her son will enter his second year of university. When he learned about the preferential credit program for students studying STEM majors, with the support of local authorities, school leaders, and the provincial branch of the Social Policy Bank, the family applied for a loan. With this loan, her son will be able to study without interruption like his sister.

According to Deputy Director of the Provincial Branch of the Social Policy Bank Vo Trong Hoa, as soon as the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 29 on the preferential credit program for students studying STEM majors, the transaction offices under the Provincial Branch of the Social Policy Bank coordinated with the entrusted unions, savings and loan groups to review the loan demand. Through reviewing the actual demand, the unit proactively arranged a capital source of 20 billion VND to meet the loan demand of this program and is expected to promote disbursement in September and October 2025.

Ms. Tran Thi Thuan receives a loan from the policy loan program for students studying STEM majors disbursed by the Social Policy Bank, Dong Nai branch. Photo: Van Truyen

People who want to learn about this loan program can contact directly the Savings and Loan Groups in villages, hamlets, neighborhoods or at the transaction offices of the Social Policy Bank in the province for instructions.

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Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/xa-hoi/202509/sinh-vien-dau-tien-tai-dong-nai-duoc-vay-chuong-trinh-tin-dunguu-dai-doi-voi-cac-nganh-stem-50c20b6/