Surfing the web at the 1500 meter high Heaven's Gate

(Baonghean.vn) - Located at an altitude of nearly 1,500m, Muong Long Heaven Gate (Ky Son District, Nghe An) is not only an ideal stop to admire the panoramic view of the village, mountains and hills under the hazy clouds but also a true "dating place" for people in many villages. Because only here can youohget 3G signal, surf the web.

Muong Long Heaven Gate is the only place where you can access the Internet.

About 60 km from Muong Xen town (Ky Son district), passing through mountain passes and hills, we arrived at Muong Long Heaven Gate. The Heaven Gate is at an altitude of 1485 km, below the valley are Muong Long villages.

In recent years, remote communes in the mountainous areas of Ky Son district such as My Ly, Keng Du, Muong Ai, Muong Tip, Muong Long, Huoi Tu... have received investment attention. Electricity systems, roads, schools, and stations have been built. However, telecommunications coverage is still limited. And only Muong Long Heaven Gate can detect 3G waves.

When female teachers in remote areas need to contact their relatives or read the newspaper, they have to go to Muong Long Heaven Gate.

The more society develops, the higher the people's needs are, most of the villagers know how to use smartphones or laptops. Morning, noon, afternoon, evening, every time they need to surf the Web to read newspapers, look up Google, watch movies, play games, work, chat on Facebook, Zalo... the villagers gather at the gate of heaven. Each person in a corner, no one pays attention to anyone, they are absorbed in their own pleasures. Just leave the gate of heaven about 500m, the 3G signal immediately disappears.

Nowadays, the use of smartphones has become popular in the mountainous border areas, however, because the telecommunications infrastructure is not yet guaranteed, one has to travel quite a long distance if one wants to access the Internet and surf the Web.

Muong Long teenagers also go to the gate of heaven to surf the web and play games.

Mr. Lau Song Do (54 years old), Head of Sa Lay village, Muong Long commune, said that surfing the Web is now a daily thing at the gate of heaven. However, to be able to 'catch a 3G signal', one must travel more than ten kilometers. Previously, there were groups of tourists from the lowlands, passing through the roads, stopping at the villages but could not access the Internet, but when they arrived at the gate of heaven in Muong Long, the network messages continuously notified. Since then, this highest point of Muong Long has attracted hundreds of people from the villages to surf the Web whenever they have free time. Among them, the most are teachers, commune officials and teenagers.

Muong Long Heaven Gate becomes a 'dating place' for people in many villages

Each person finds their own 'space'

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nhan, working at the Institute of Ethnic Studies, said: “Since knowing that the Heaven Gate area can catch 3G waves to access the internet, people have been more excited. Many people who want to learn about farming, animal husbandry or how to prevent epidemics and cold for cattle and buffaloes just need to go online to do well. Many people with children and spouses working far away can go online to talk and look at photos of their relatives. Even people from far away, when they need the internet to work, bring their computers to the Heaven Gate to sit.”

To look up documents and solve problems, people in the area have no choice but to go to heaven's gate.

An official of Muong Long commune said that Muong Long Heaven Gate is the highest point in the area, so it is easy to detect telecommunications and 3G signals. Moreover, a Viettel network signal receiving tower is installed right at the Heaven Gate, so coverage and Internet access become easy for people.

Vuong Van - Thai Lan