Evaluation of the implementation of e-Government and Smart Cities in Nghe An

Comrades Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Thanh Nam - Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Military Industry and Telecommunications Group co-chaired the meeting. Attending the meeting were leaders of relevant departments, branches and localities.

Overview of the working session this afternoon, November 12. Photo: Phu Huong

On January 22, 2019, the People's Committee of Nghe An province and Viettel Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement on the application and development of information technology (IT) and telecommunications, for the period 2019-2023, with 5 contents including: Building and developing IT and telecommunications infrastructure; Building IT application solutions; Building solutions to ensure information security and network security; Developing IT human resources; Coordination in propaganda work.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa requested that the coordination must be in line with the province's orientation. Photo: Phu Huong

After nearly 2 years of implementing the Cooperation Agreement, the two sides have achieved remarkable initial results.

The People's Committee of Nghe An province has directed all levels, sectors and localities to create favorable conditions for Viettel Nghe An in developing telecommunications - IT network infrastructure, organizing conferences to remove difficulties for businesses in general and Viettel Nghe An in particular.

In particular, the Provincial People's Committee has also issued many documents, programs, plans, projects and proposals related to telecommunications - IT, contributing to orienting businesses to develop in accordance with local realities and central regulations in licensing the construction of BTS stations.

Comrade Nguyen Thanh Nam - Deputy General Director of Viettel Group hopes that Nghe An province will continue to create favorable conditions and coordinate effectively. Photo: Phu Huong

Vietnam Military Industry and Telecommunications Group has also basically built and completed the infrastructure, always ready to provide services to deploy e-Government of Nghe An province. Viettel Nghe An has built nearly 1,413 BTS stations (2G/3G/4G), covering 95% of the province's natural area, the 4G mobile information network alone has covered 100% of the district and commune centers in the province; developed and expanded the fiber optic cable network of all kinds with more than 10,500 km to 100% of the communes in the province, ensuring service provision for 240,784 customers.

On this occasion, Viettel Group donated 4 remote medical consultation systems to Nghe An. Photo: Phu Huong

At the same time, Viettel has advised and supported the People's Committee of Nghe An province in the process of building and promoting the application of IT and telecommunications for priority areas including Education, Health, Transportation, Tourism, Information Security - in a smart, comprehensive direction on the basis of integration and inheritance of existing results.

Speaking at the meeting, Deputy General Director of the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group Nguyen Thanh Nam said that Nghe An is one of the first provinces to deploy 5G. The enterprise hopes that Nghe An province will create favorable conditions for Viettel Group to access and deploy services in the province; provide the province with telecommunications technology, digital transformation, free technology consulting; optimize production regulations and human resource training, etc.

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