Removing difficulties for fishermen to access preferential credit sources

(Baonghean.vn) - Following the working program in Dien Chau district, on the afternoon of March 25, the National Assembly Standing Committee's Supervisory Delegation led by Comrade Nguyen Duc Hien - Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Head of the National Assembly's Petition Committee, went to survey the actual production situation and life of fishermen in Dien Ngoc commune - Dien Chau. Accompanying them were representatives of the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People's Council, the Department of Aquatic Resources Protection, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, and leaders of Dien Chau district.

National Assembly supervision delegation works in Dien Ngoc commune.

In Dien Ngoc commune, the monitoring delegation was reported by local leaders on the local socio-economic situation, fishermen shared about the actual production and life of workers directly exploiting at sea. In general, in recent years, Dien Ngoc fishermen have expanded their fishing grounds, increased machine capacity to go offshore, the quality and value of products have been significantly improved, people's lives have improved, and many service industries have developed accordingly. The whole commune currently has over 400 vehicles, of which nearly 50 have a capacity of 90 CV, with an annual catch of nearly 14,000 tons. Meeting the needs of repairing, converting and upgrading fishing boats of fishermen to serve the conversion of offshore exploitation to dry areas. In Dien Ngoc commune, there are 9 establishments repairing and building new boats. On average, each year, the above establishments have built 26 new boats and repaired hundreds of boats, creating jobs and stable income for hundreds of local workers and those from neighboring areas. The average income of fishing workers is 6-7 million VND/person/month.

Representative of ship owner borrowing capital under Decree 67 speaks out

Representative of State Bank of Vietnam speaks.

Mr. Vo Van Dai - Director of Van Phan Seafood Company spoke.

In addition to the achieved results, there are still difficulties such as fishermen having difficulty accessing capital to invest in large boats and engines to go offshore; in the area, there are currently 250 small-capacity boats with engines of 72CV or less, old and outdated, making it very difficult to exploit; local conditions include limited land, a large population, limited transportation space to serve product consumption, especially the road to Lach Van fishing port is small and winding, making it difficult for container trucks to get in and out to get goods.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Hien speaks at Dien Ngoc commune.

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Nguyen Duc Hien highly appreciated the efforts of Dien Ngoc commune authorities in directing and operating to develop the economy, improve the lives of people in general and fishermen in particular. He also requested local Party committees and authorities to pay attention to fisheries planning associated with residential planning; direct and mobilize people to change exploitation models, increase machine capacity to go offshore; establish exploitation teams in the same fishing grounds to exchange experiences, support each other in case of accidents; develop logistics services for offshore fishing vessels, improve technical skills in exploiting maritime knowledge and strictly comply with the provisions of the law of the sea; pay attention to protecting the marine ecological environment...

The recommendations and proposals of the locality and people related to the issue of upgrading and dredging Lach Van estuary, conditions and procedures for borrowing capital to build new ships and convert ships, etc. were recorded and compiled by the delegation and submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee for the Government to consider and resolve in order to create the best conditions for people to access preferential credit sources.

The monitoring team gave gifts to poor fishermen.

On this occasion, the monitoring delegation presented 20 gifts to fishermen in difficult circumstances in the area, each worth 500,000 VND.

Khanh Ly