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Tran Thi Nguyet grows bananas and dragon fruit and also raises livestock such as chickens and ducks, which are her main sources of income. She couldn’t keep up with raising pigs so she moved to chickens because the process is faster. She can sell around 30 eggs a day for 4k each. In one month …
Dien Thi Nguyen runs a farm in Ba Vi where she raises ducks and chickens. Dien’s husband used to work in the army but he is now retired, so she is the main source of employment for her family. A middleman comes to her farm to buy the livestock she raises and then sells it …
On November 12 2018, two of our partners from Microcredit for Mothers Foundation (MFM) accompanied us to visit clients to survey the implementation of MFM funding to support poor women through VietED in Ba Vi district. On this visit we conducted in depth interviews on three of our clients to receive updates and additional information …
N0 MFI Name Contact Operational area 1. VietED MicroFinance Head Office: 8/31 Phuong Liet, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam Tel: +84-0243-629-1101 Email: foundation@vieted.com.vn Website: http://vietedmfi.com.vn FaceBook: https://fb.com/VietGiving YouTube: https://goo.gl/9F766p Nghệ An, Bắc Giang, Hà Nội 2. Capital aid for Employment of the poor MicroFinance institution (LTD) – CEP MFI 14C Cach Mang Thang Tam St., District 1 Ho Chi Minh …
Important Factors for Deciding Where to Save When deciding where to save, you should consider the following: Deposit requirements for the savings account. Is there a minimum deposit required to open the account? Is there a minimum balance required to keep the account open? Are small deposits accepted? Can variable sums be deposited? Can deposits …
Definition of Saving Savings is money put aside by an individual or household for use in the future. A key to good money management, savings help individuals and households manage risk, deal with emergencies, smooth income, build assets, and meet financial goals. People save by putting money aside when it comes in and by spending …
What will it take to end poverty in Vietnam? A few months ago, I journeyed to Lao Cai, a predominantly ethnic minority area in Vietnam’s Northern Mountains, to supervise a pilot survey. One older man I encountered—typical of many we saw—was a subsistence farmer with minimal education who spoke only his native language and had …
High primary enrollment ratios for girls and impressive female labour force participation rates are two striking examples of Vietnam’s progress on gender equality. On female leadership, however, Vietnam has a huge unfinished agenda. The good news is that a recent study by Grant Thornton (2013) shows women’s leadership in business is growing and 30 percent of Board …
We just launched the new MapVietnam website at www.worldbank.org/mapvietnam/ which provides access to socioeconomic data at the province and district level in both English and Vietnamese. The site is intended to be a resource for journalists, policymakers, researchers, and citizens looking for information on social and economic situations at a local level. The maps illustrate Vietnam’s wide …
What does it mean to be poor in Vietnam? In Hanoi in the late 80s, poverty was all around. Most of the population then was living under the international poverty line ($1.25 per day). Because there were no living standard surveys to measure poverty, there was no clear indication of what it meant to be …