Workshop on Microfinance 98-Savings and Credits groups and their linkage with the banking system in Vietnam

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Introduction

The workshop includes the following topics:

–       “Influences of law on credit institutions toward banking activities of other organizations” by Dr. Pham ThanhBinh, Director of the Department of Banks and Non-bank Credit Institutions, State Bank of Vietnam.

–       “Some experience in funds mobilization and lending through VBP’s credit and savings groups” by Tran Huu Y, Manager of Department for Planning and Operations, Vietnam Bank for the Poor.

–       “Providing loans to rural households through groups. The reality and questions” by Dr. Bui ThienNhien, Deputy Director of Production Households Credit and Co-operative Unit, Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

–       “The group growth path. A strategy for the development of sustainable village-based savings and credit groups” by Alan Johnson, Rural Finance Adviser, Viet Nam Sweden Mountain Rural Development Programme (MRDP), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.