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Free wireless Internet for Hue city

June 20, 2012

LookAtVietnam – The authorities of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue has approved the plan to supply free wireless Internet service in the entire Hue city.

The plan will be implemented based on experience, learning from the similar plan that was successfully carried out in the ancient town of Hoi An.
In 2011, 22 broken phone boxes in Hue city were restored into free phone boxes where locals and tourists can make free urgent phone calls.
Early this year, Hoi An drew public attention when it became the first city in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia to offer free wireless internet in the whole city.
According to the local government, by the end of 2012, equipment would be installed completely in Hoi An and Cu Lao Cham Islet. At present, 50 out of the total 350 free wireless internet spots have been installed in central Hoi An.
With the free service, tourists can surf the web and check mail everywhere in the ancient town. If they want to use high speed Internet to listen to music and watch movies, they have to use internet cards supplied by the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT).
After the first phase, VDC 3 will implement the second phase of the project to bring wireless internet to the remaining area in Hoi An and the surrounding area.
Mai Lan

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“Online hunters” track down cold-blood Facebook user

November 9, 2011 about Uncategorized

LookAtVietnam - Members of many social networks have set up dozens of groups to hunt the person with nickname “Keo mut choi boi” in real life. They went and waited in places like the gym and the college where he was believed to frequent.

Heartless status by “Keo mut choi boi”.

“My group has 20 members. Other groups have similar number of members,” Linh, a member of Voz forum said. “Many other teams are also hunting down Keo mut,” Linh added.
Not only showing their anger on online forums, these “hunters” take action in real life. Based on information about the suspected “Keo mut choi boi” supplied by the online community, “hunters” flocked to these addresses to verify.
“I arrived at the Fitness Center at No. 7 Pham Van Dong at around 2.30pm. Many members of Voz forum were there,” Linh recalled the “hunting process” on November 4.
“Assistants” to “hunters” are thousands of members of a site called “seeking information about keo mut choi boi”, the “association of hunters of keo mut choi boi,” etc.
The wave to track down the cold-blood person has spread from the south to the north. “I’m in Vinh city. I’m ready to catch him if he goes to Nghe An,” one wrote on his facebook. “I’m in District 10, HCM City but I’m willing to join you to find him.”
Meanwhile, some members are raising funds for the victim’s family online.
The latest news, Yen Bai police have summoned Dang Manh Linh, 20, a college student in Thai Nguyen to clarify issues related to the accident. Linh is suspected to be “Keo mut choi boi. The police talked to Hiep and learned that it was Linh who posted such information on Facebook.
The accident happened when two young men riding an Air Blade motorbike hit a man who was walking home on the right sidewalk from Yen Hoa Park on Thanh Cong Street, Nguyen Thai Hoc commune, Yen Bai city. Doan Hiep, 24, was the rider of the bike with Linh sitting in the back. The two did not stop but ran away after the accident. The victim, who was a security guard at a local credit agency was seriously injured and died in hospital one day later.
Commenting about the online community’s act, Deputy Director of Yen Bai Police Department Hoang Van Hoan said: “Extravagant statements on the Internet belong to social ethics. The law will punish law breakers. Spontaneous acts, if breaking the laws, will be punished too.”
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Hoi An to offer free Wi-Fi around town

October 9, 2011  about News, Travel

Tourists visiting Hoi An, a UNESCO World Heritage town, will be able to surf the internet for free from the end of this year, according to the Quang Nam Province Department of Information and Communications.

Ho Quang Buu, the department director, said together with the Vietnam Data Communications Area 3 and Quang Nam Telecom it had drafted a plan for setting up a Wi-Fi system.
It will cost around VND23 billion (US$1.1 million), which will be provided by private sources.
Businesses investing in Hoi An were willing to put up the money, Buu said.
There will be 350 hotspots in areas where large numbers of people gather.
In 1999 UNESCO declared Hoi An a world heritage site for being a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port in the 15th to 19th centuries and having buildings with a unique blend of local and foreign influences.
It is a popular tourist site, attracting large numbers of both locals and foreigners.
Source: Tuoitre