VNPT increases human resources and equipment to be ready to respond to storm Ragasa

VNPT has implemented a review of its telecommunications network infrastructure, reduced the load on antenna towers that pose a safety risk, and ensured sufficient backup materials are available to respond to communication emergencies.

Proactively responding to storm Ragasa (storm No. 9) and floods caused by storms, from September 22, 2025, the VNPT Group's Natural Disaster Prevention Command Committee directed VNPT provinces/cities in the affected areas to immediately deploy plans to respond to storms and heavy rains causing floods/landslides.

VNPT representative said that they have increased 30 mobile broadcasting vehicles, 90 field broadcasting stations, 50 Inmarsat satellite phones and Vsat-IP stations and prepared satellite transmission lines, deployed VSAT transmission lines to ensure information work and disaster prevention direction for local authorities in the storm-affected areas.

Up to this point, VNPT units have deployed the work of reviewing the telecommunications network infrastructure, reducing the load on antenna poles at risk of being unsafe, and arranging adequate backup materials (radio equipment, transmission, manE, fiber optic cables, optical MX,...) to be ready to respond to information in incident situations.

VNPT also requires units to regularly update information and closely monitor weather developments; Proactively grasp and promptly deploy information requests for public networks and specialized networks to serve the direction and operation of government agencies at all levels; Be ready to coordinate and support the Central Post Office to ensure information to serve the direction and operation of natural disaster response for working groups of the Government and ministries; Be ready to deploy plans to ensure information security for networks and services; Be ready for voice roaming scenarios with network operators.

Along with arranging 24/7 staff at all telecommunication stations of units in the storm area, VNPT has also prepared 1,000 human resources and vehicles and tools from units outside the storm's affected area, ready to support units in the storm area in rescue and network restoration after the storm./.

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/vnpt-tang-cuong-nhan-luc-va-thiet-bi-san-sang-ung-pho-voi-bao-ragasa-post1063911.vnp