Nghe An helps nearly 290,000 women members get loans

On the morning of January 10, the Provincial Women's Union held a conference to review the work of 2019 and deploy tasks for 2020.

Attending the conference were Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet - Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union; representatives of leaders of departments, branches and localities in the province.

According to the report of the Provincial Women's Union: In 2019, all levels of the union closely followed the action program to implement the Resolution of the Women's Congress at all levels and local political tasks to organize and comprehensively implement the set targets and tasks; select priority issues to focus resources on implementation with focus and effectiveness.

Sisters help each other develop the family economy. Photo: Hoai Thu

Many beautiful flower streets have been built by women to brighten up the face of the countryside and streets. Photo: Archive

During the year, the association at all levels also effectively implemented activities to support women in accessing safe credit, helping 289,701 households borrow unsecured loans from banks with a total capital of over VND 3,562 billion; mobilizing and supporting 343 women's business start-up ideas.

Speaking at the conference, the Vice President of the Vietnam Women's Union highly appreciated the activities of the Nghe An Women's Union. Photo: Thanh Chung

At the conference, delegates focused on discussing the difficulties and limitations of the association and women's movement in 2019: The rate of gathering and attracting members in some specific areas is still low; early marriage, human trafficking, safe migration, illegal credit, child abuse, and school drugs are complicated and have not been promptly grasped and effectively resolved; some association bases are still confused in implementing support for women to start businesses.

Awarding Certificates of Merit from the Vietnam Women's Union to 5 outstanding collectives of Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Chung

Awarding the Emulation Flag of the Provincial People's Committee to the Inspection - Organization Board, Provincial Women's Union. Photo: Thanh Chung

On this occasion, the Provincial Women's Union organized to receive Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister, the Vietnam Women's Union, and Emulation Flags from the People's Committee of Nghe An province to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements; and awarded Certificates of Merit from the Provincial Women's Union to all levels of the union, typical examples./.