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The
representatives of Alliance of Vietnamese cooperatives handed
certificates of merit to the cooperatives doing business
successfully |
In 2008, 28
cooperatives (including 10 of agricultural services, 3 of construction, 6 of
trade and services, 3 of small scale industry, 3 of environmental services and 3
of public credit funds) have been established across the province. These
cooperatives have a working capital of nearly VND110 billion, 438 members and
274 workers. Up to now, the whole province has had 199 cooperatives with the
total working capital of nearly VND395 billion, 38,662 cooperative members and
5,942 workers. The average income is over VND16 million/year/worker and
approximately VND14 million/ year/ member.
Ms Nguyen Thi
Tuyet – President of Alliance of the cooperatives has acknowledged that there
have been many newly-established cooperatives which are working efficiently
despite the economic difficulties and dissolution of many cooperatives. This was
proved in the emulation movement, “Cooperatives are the pioneers in eliminating
hunger, reducing poverty and building new rural areas”. The movement has
attracted nearly 50,000 cooperative members and workers and donated over VND20
billion for the program of eliminating hunger, reducing poverty and building the
models of new rural areas. Besides, cooperatives have organized many types of
production and business to assist their members and people in obtaining
employment and earning steady income.
Ms Huynh Thi
Hue from the public credit fund of the rubber company said: “To face economic
difficulties and interest rates fluctuating for a long time, rising sharply
early 2008 and falling dramatically late 2008, credit funds including us have
changed the way we do business from profit to credit security. So we always
ensure good performance. We have loaned more than 1,600 people nearly VND55
billion to invest in developing cultivation, animal breeding, consumption and
various types of production. Thanks to credit funds’ capital, a lot of poor
households in our region have determined to change their crops and improve their
processes of looking after crops. Moreover, we have generated employment for
more than 600 workers. In 2008, to face economic difficulties, our fund’s
members agreed to adjust interest rates and share difficulties with us with
VND110 million to help us operate steadily.
*It is a must
to dissolve inefficient cooperatives
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Phu
Loi cooperative participated in Long Khanh Techmart |
Vice chairman
of the provincial People’s Committee – Ao Van Thinh said: “Developing
cooperative economy is a common tendency. However, we will keep an eye on weak
cooperatives. The whole province has 17% of inefficient cooperatives and 12% of
cooperatives that have to cease their business. This is not a low rate so all
economic components need to join hands. Especially, the enthusiasm and dynamism
of the leadership of the cooperatives play an important role”.
In the
evaluation of Alliance of the cooperatives, the reason why they worked
inefficiently is that part of the leadership is not enthusiastic enough, lacks
professional skills and does not focus on connecting the operations of
cooperatives. To avoid these limits, it requires that local authorities should
pay attention to managing and providing land for production and office building…
Specifically, there should be many policies on training staff and making good
models from all parts of the country known to the management and members of the
cooperatives. In terms of this matter, Vice chairman of the provincial People’s
Committee said that cooperatives had to build up their own brand names, exploit
their advantages and report their problems to local authorities and provinces
and departments, committees and sectors had to bring good conditions to and
create equality between cooperatives and other economic components.
As planned,
the executive committee of Alliance of the cooperatives will attempt to build 20
to 25 typical and progressive cooperatives in order to cause fair and good
cooperatives to amount to 50% and average cooperatives to fall by up to 35% and
weak cooperatives 15%.
(Reported by Thanh Tam,
Translated by Duy Minh)