The bank is wholeheartedly accompanying people affected by storms and floods.
Borrowing 4 billion VND from the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) to invest in fish rafts, but on the day Typhoon Yagi hit, Ms. Ngo Thi Thuy's family - Thong Nhat 2 Quarter, Tan An, Quang Yen (Quang Ninh) painfully and sadly watched as 105 fish farms were swept away by the storm.
Ms. Thuy shared that in the days after the storm, whenever Tan An residents met, they hugged and cried, only knowing how to comfort themselves "as long as there are people, there is property".
Investing in 60 fish farms, each with about 500 fish in Cam Pha and 45 fish farms in Ben Giang, the loss for Ms. Thuy's family is estimated at 12 billion VND. After a stormy night, all that remained were a few small fish kept in the cages.
Once the storm passes, people will continue their work, continue to stay close to the sea to soon bring life back to normal. “But how can we not feel pain and sorrow? Now we don’t know how to cope because all our assets have been swept away by the water,” Ms. Thuy said, choking with emotion.
Ms. Thuy's only wish is for the bank to defer, extend the debt and give us a new loan so that we can recover. "If the bank trusts us to lend us money to quickly buy baby fish and release them in time, then in just 2 years, we can recover and have money to pay off the bank loan."
In the same situation, Mr. Vu Van Cuong - Zone 3 Tan An, Quang Yen (Quang Ninh) also choked up when talking about his 3 fish rafts worth nearly 14 billion VND.
Mr. Vu Van Cuong shared: "If the bank tightens the debt now, we don't know what to do. We just hope the bank will take pity on us and postpone the debt, extend the debt for us, and lend us money to start over."
Following the Prime Minister's telegram and the direction of the State Bank, banks are actively counting the number of customers with outstanding loans who suffered damage due to storm No. 3.
Sharing with the people, Mr. Le Hoang Tung - Deputy General Director of Vietcombank said that the bank has considered reducing interest rates by 0.5% in the period from September 6, 2024 to December 31, 2024 for customers borrowing capital for production and business, with outstanding loans of about VND 130,000 billion and the number of customers receiving interest rate reduction is nearly 20,000 customers.
Vietcombank leaders said that as of September 11, it is estimated that nearly 6,000 Vietcombank customers have been affected with a total outstanding debt of about 71,000 billion VND, of which 230 customers in Hai Phong and Quang Ninh alone have been affected with a total outstanding debt of about 13,300 billion VND.
VPBank also decided to reduce lending interest rates by 1% for medium and long-term loans and 0.5% for short-term loans for individual customers with collateral at the bank affected by Typhoon Yagi.
VPBank's interest rate support program is implemented from September 13 to December 31, 2024, applied in all provinces and cities directly affected by storm Yagi such as Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Thai Nguyen, Yen Bai...
Many banks support more money and goods for people affected by storms
Regarding social security activities, Vietcombank has joined the Banking Industry Union to support people affected by storm No. 3 with an amount of 2 billion VND through the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front. Vietcombank Union has mobilized all employees of the Vietcombank system to donate 1 day's salary with a total donation of more than 10 billion VND to support affected localities and directly support officials affected by storms and floods and those in difficult circumstances.
At Agribank, Agribank branches and units across the system organize many social security activities to support heavily affected localities.
As of September 12, the entire Agribank system has donated 17.6 billion VND to support the work of overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, storms, and floods after storm No. 3.
Agribank Trade Union launched and mobilized Agribank union members and employees to contribute and support 1 day's salary to support the work of overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, storms and floods. At the same time, proactively cared for and looked after the lives of staff.
On September 12, VPBank donated 2 billion VND to support people affected by the recent storm No. 3. This amount will be transferred directly by VPBank to the receiving account of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
Millions of arms turn to compatriots affected by storms and floods
Storms and floods have caused severe damage in many northern provinces.
"A piece of food when hungry is worth a whole package when full", with the spirit of mutual love that has always been a beautiful image of the Vietnamese people, the Golden Heart Charitable Social Fund calls on philanthropists at home and abroad to join hands to share with people affected by the storm and post-storm circulation.... to soon stabilize their lives.
The Golden Heart Social Charity Fund would like to sincerely thank the precious affection of agencies, businesses, and philanthropists at home and abroad.
Please send all donations to: Tam Long Vang Charity Fund, 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. Phone: 024.39232756. Account number (STK): 113000000758 at Vietinbank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi. STK: 0021000303088 - at Vietcombank - Hanoi Branch, STK: 12410001122556 - at BIDV - Hoan Kiem Branch. Or scan the following QR code:
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