Tra Vinh province uses loans to lift its Khmer populace out of poverty
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has provided loans of more than 46 billion VND (1,953 USD) to ethnic Khmer people for growing vegetables and raising cattle within the period since 2016.
Thach Vo, an onion farmer in Tra Vinh Province's Duyen Hai District, has escaped poverty after getting a loan from the provincial Bank for Social Policies. (Photo: VNA)
Tra Vinh (VNS/VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has provided loans of more than 46 billion VND (1,953 USD) to ethnic Khmer people for growing vegetables and raising cattle within the period since 2016.
It enabled 2,559 households, especially poor ones, escape poverty.
Thach Thi Dung of Cau Ke district’s Hoa Tan commune is among those who climbed out of poverty thanks to a loan of 8 million VND from the Bank for Social Policies.
She used the money to improve the soil in her land and switch to vegetable cultivation from rice. Now, three years later, she earns an income of 3.5 –4 million VND a month.
Thach Vo’s family in Duyen Hai district got a loan and began to grow vegetables, and now earns 80–100 million VND a year.
The province spent another 18 billion VND (762,380 USD) on works to improve the socio-economic status of the Khmer in Tra Cu district.
Kim Ngoc Suong, head of the division for ethnic minority people’s affairs under the district People’s Committee, said 14.5 billion VND was spent to upgrade 18 streets, the drainage system and a cultural house.
The rest of the money was used to lend to disadvantaged Khmer households for cultivating vegetables and breeding cattle, she said.
The population of the district is 62 percent Khmer compared to 31.5 in the province.
Since 2018 alone the number of poor Khmer households in the province has reduced by 10,000.
The province has been focusing on providing electricity, education and healthcare to its Khmer population.
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Thach Vo, an onion farmer in Tra Vinh Province's Duyen Hai District, has escaped poverty after getting a loan from the provincial Bank for Social Policies. (Photo: VNA) 
