A report from Quang Ngai Party Committee reads that in the past decade, policy credit sources which are tailored to support needy households and underprivileged people have lent out to over 300,000 needy households and other policy beneficiaries, with total lending volume reaching $442.3 million.

These capital sources came from Vietnam Bank for Social Policies' (VBSP) Quang Ngai Branch.

As of April 30, total policy credit outstanding balance amounted to $231.2 million, up $135 million compared to 2014, growing 140.6 per cent, with more than 107,000 needy households and other policy beneficiaries being the recipients currently.

Policy credit sources have helped almost 61,500 households escape from poverty. Over 7,000 pupils were given loans to continue study, jobs have been created for around 45,700 labourers, and around 420 labourers work abroad under term-contracts.

Policy credit sources were also directed into building around 158,600 clean water and environmental hygiene facilities in rural areas, as well as building more than 4,500 houses for needy households and policy beneficiaries.

However, in parallel to achievements, some challenges still exist, such as the amount of policy credit sources lent out to people in several mountainous districts in the province has not sufficiently met actual demands.

There is also a lack of synchronisation in combining policy credit activities with other programmes on agricultural and rural development, and those on job creation, vocational training, science, and tech transfer, leading to part of the borrowers have not been using the capital sources efficiently to get out of poverty in a sustainable manner.

Of note, lending at several programmes has not yet been revised timely to suit market and pricing situation as well as actual economic development scene to efficiently support the borrowers to improve their life. This includes lending to build clean water and environmental sanitation works in rural areas, lending to needy pupils and students, or lending to support job changes, to name but a few.

The attention, support, and guidance from management bodies at diverse levels, and the efficient and synchronous coordination between relevant management bodies and VBSP’s Quang Ngai Branch are significant to the stable and sustainable development of policy credit activities in the province.

Simultaneously, management bodies at all levels must pay due heeds to mobilising diverse resources to embrace the implementation of policy credit projects and programmes closely attached to agricultural and rural development programmes.

Expediting education and vocational training, job creation to ensure social wellbeing, and expediting other national target programmes towards 2030 have contributed to expanding the scope of people accessible to state capital support, who previously could not access these capital sources, VBSP said.

This helps the province enhance the efficiency of the projects and programmes on social and economic development, and sustainable poverty reduction to ensure social wellbeing and build a new style countryside.

This also helps bolster the capacity and operational efficiency of VBSP’s Quang Ngai Branch itself, as well as ensuring continued effective implementation of this specific policy credit management and organisational model.