Supports for Female Economic Development and Legitimate Prosperity

A great deal of women have had stable jobs in enterprises

    In addition, the union has established 64 pooling and interdependent groups and 300 savers groups with 5000 members. So far, 27,000 have been considered to loan with total loan of about VND30.3 billion (US$1,876,161). Since earlier this year, the association has set up more 17 borrowers groups from banks for agriculture and rural development, 27 ones from bank of Social Policy, and considered 3000 women to borrow a sum of more than VND41 billion (US$2,538,701). Moreover the associations of all levels have persuaded 4,333 rather women to lend 5,880 poor women VND5.5 billion (US$340,557) with zero interest, exchanged 37.586 working days.

    So as to support women in economic development and cultivation and farming. The union in cooperation with agricultural encouragement station and farmer association held 115 training courses on efficient use of technology for cultivation and animal husbandry with 5,557 participants. Especially, many of the associations have applied fine methods to help women find appropriate jobs. Typically, Thong Nhat district women union and Vacco Microorganism PB Company jointly held 4 training courses on manuring technique for plants and breeding and cultivation skills for 217 members. The women association of Phuoc An commune, Nhon Trach district has carrie out 55 propaganda programs on plants transformation and guidelines of clean vegetables cultivation for 1,478 women. In Dinh Quan district, 40 women were given chance to attend the class on make-up and hairdressing. The women union in Long Khanh and Dong Nai center for industrial stimulation jointly held a training course on marketing and personnel management for 22 participants including business owners and association cadres. The associations of all levels have introduced 1,226 women to work for a number enterprises in the local areas.

(Reported by Thu Hoai, Translated by L.H)