Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha: We must make efforts to ensure smooth communication in natural disaster prevention and control.

At a working session with provinces under Military Region 4 on response to storm No. 5 at the Forward Command Center, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha emphasized that communication in directing, responding to, and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters is very important.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested that organizations and units ensure communication to serve the direction and operation of natural disaster prevention and control with the highest priority, safety, reliability and speed. Prioritize the use of on-site networks to deploy direction and operation of natural disaster prevention and control.

At the same time, telecommunications agencies are required to focus on reviewing machinery and equipment provided to leaders and officers participating in disaster prevention and control at the grassroots level, especially in mountainous areas, to ensure smooth connection to villages, hamlets, and residential areas.

In addition, in addition to the disaster prevention and control command agencies, it is necessary to calculate additional support plans and transfer information and communication equipment to the Border Guard force. This is the force that is really closest to the people, sticking closest to the people in remote, isolated areas, to ensure continuous information.

Reporting to the Deputy Prime Minister, Lieutenant Colonel Luu Manh Ha - General Director of Viettel Networks Corporation said that before the storm, the corporation had organized inspections, reviews, and reinforcements of the cable system. For antenna poles that were not guaranteed, the unit also lowered their height to avoid breakage and collapse caused by storm winds.

For Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, and Ha Tinh, the unit has deployed more than 1,200 people, combined with mobile vehicle stations, ready to respond to incidents caused by storm No. 5. At the same time, generator systems are prepared at key information stations to ensure the telecommunications network is uninterrupted when power outages occur.

Viettel also mobilized the latest satellite modems to put into use, replacing damaged ground infrastructure, to restore communications in emergency situations, serving the work of responding to and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters.