THE PRIME MINISTER ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence- Freedom- Happiness --------- |
No. 1041/QD-TTg | Hanoi, July 22, 2009 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE SCHEME ON ASSURANCE OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS IN SEA AREAS AND ON ISLANDS
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the May 25, 2002 Ordinance on Post and Telecommunications;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 160/2004/ND-CP dated September 3, 2004, detailing a number of articles on telecommunications of the Ordinance on Post and Telecommunications;
Pursuant to the government’s Resolution No. 27/2007/NQ-CP dated May 30, 2007, promulgating the Governments action program to implement February 9, 2007 Resolution No. 09-NQ/TW of the Xth Party Central Committee's 4th plenum, on Vietnam's sea strategy up to 2020;
Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 137/2007/QD-TTg dated August 21, 2007, approving the Scheme on organization of communication for natural disaster prevention and control at sea;
At the proposal of the Minister of Information and communications,
DECIDES
Article 1. To approve the Scheme on assurance of communications networks in sea areas and on islands with the following principal contents:
I. OBJECTIVES
1. To universalize and provide diversified and quality post, telecommunications and radio and television broadcast services for Vietnam’s sea areas and islands.
2. To expand the radio and television coverage in sea areas and on islands in Vietnam and abroad to assure the provision of numerous and diversified radio and television services to the public and concurrently meet requirements for external information and communication of the Party and State.
3. To continue fulfilling the targets set in the Prime Minister’s Minister's Decision No. 137/2007/QD-TTg dated August 21, 2007, approving the Scheme on organization of communication for natural disaster prevention and control at sea.
II. TARGETS
1. By 2015, mobile coverage will reach most inhabited islands under Vietnam’s Telecommunications enterprises will expand mobile coverage to sea areas over 50 km offshore coastal provinces. For inhabited islands, telecommunications enterprises will build high-capacity base transceiver stations for coverage on these islands and offshore.
2. By 2015, most inhabited islands will be provided with post, telecommunication and Internet services for economic development, security and defense maintenance and search and rescue.
3. By 2015, coverage of radio and television programs will reach 100% of island inhabitants.
III. SCOPE
1. To continue upgrading and building public communication networks at sea and on inhabited islands to meet diversified needs for communication for economic development, security, defense, natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue.
2. To upgrade radio and television systems in service of communication in sea areas and on islands.
3. To upgrade specialized communication systems for marine economic development and coastal communication networks to meet requirements on communication for natural disaster prevention and control at sea.
4. Implementation period: from 2010 to 2015.
IV. IMPLEMENTATION PRINCIPLES
1. To make use and promote existing technical infrastructure and post, telecommunications, radio and television networks.
2. To apply to the utmost scientific and technological advances to building and developing post, telecommunications, internet, radio and television networks for communication in sea areas and on islands.
3. To prioritize investment in technical infrastructure of the communication systems onshore and on islands to guarantee quality and reduce investment costs of systems at sea.
4. To ensure coordinated investment among ministries and branches for economic development in combination with security and defense maintenance.
5. To follow the principles set in the Prime Minister's Decision No. 137/2007/QD-TTg dated August 21, 2007, approving the Scheme on organization of communication for natural disaster prevention and control at sea.
V. CONTENTS
1. To upgrade infrastructure of public communication networks to meet diversified communication needs in sea areas and on islands.
To make use of existing infrastructure and equipment, develop and increase the frequency of mail and newspaper delivery services to islands, ensuring prompt provision of information for economic development, security, defense maintenance, natural disaster prevention and control and the public.
To develop public access points on islands to provide fixed telephone and internet access services. To concentrate investment on telecommunications infrastructure for inhabited islands, covering the construction of fixed telephone switchboards, internet access systems and satellite access stations to ensure uninterrupted communication in all weather conditions.
To combine existing transmission modes with new transmission networks to islands to ensure sufficient supply of transmission capacity for telecommunications and internet services. For densely populated islands with high demands for telecommunications services, to build high-capacity