"Waves and computers for children" is a program officially launched by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the evening of September 12, 2021, with the goal of helping millions of disadvantaged children to study online at Provinces/Cities are implementing social distancing. Accordingly, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Information and Communications to lead the plan to build and cover all 283 points without mobile internet connection right in September, completing 100% coverage of all 1,910 points without mobile internet connection. nationwide action.
Immediately after the program was launched, Viettel and telecommunications units participated in reviewing areas that did not have mobile signals or had poor quality to deploy infrastructure construction. Results in only 18 days from September 12-30, 2021, the rescue work covered 283 concave points in Hanoi, Da Nang, Can Tho, Hau Giang, Phu Yen, Binh Phuoc, Dong Thap, Khanh Draw has been completed.
For some areas with difficulties in installation, Viettel and telecommunications units also organized rescue by mobile vehicles to ensure safety and quality. Up to now, online teaching and learning at the sites covered by the respondents have taken place normally with stable quality.
Recently, the Department of Telecommunications has shared and determined that the program "Waves and computers for children" is an important task, not 1 second late, every day early completion of the program is an extra day for students. will have better learning conditions.
"All for the sake of students' learning, ensuring that no student is left behind or fails to complete their study program due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic" - a representative of the Department of Education and Training. Telecommunications emphasized.
The representative of the Department of Telecommunication added that in the coming time, the Ministry of Information and Communications will direct telecommunications businesses to continue to review and cover the hotspots nationwide in 2021. To ensure the quality of coverage in accordance with the regulations. standards and technical regulations, promptly meeting the demand for online teaching and learning of the education sector as well as ensuring infrastructure for the development of the digital economy and digital society. Helping to expand service provision to people and businesses.
Also in 2021, Viettel Construction plans to focus on promoting the construction of telecommunications infrastructure systems, accumulated by the end of September owning: 1,740 BTS stations, 2,610 km of fiber optic cable, 47 solar energy systems with a total capacity of 17.7 MWp, and 4 underground sewer lines.
Source: Vietnamnet, Ministry of Information and Communications and Viettel Construction.