Cần Thơ seeks to rehabilitate ex-convicts, provides loans for business

CẦN THƠ – Cần Thơ City is helping convicts who have served out their prison sentences make an honest living by obtaining loans to start a small business or get vocational training. On January 25 the city police department and the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies signed an agreement to implement Decision No. It requires the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies to lend money to ex-convicts for setting up businesses and enrolling in training courses. The co-operation programme requires the two sides to work together to raise awareness of the credit policy so that people in need can access the loans. He also said relevant authorities need to support the beneficiaries and create favourable conditions for them to use their loans effectively.