90 boarding houses equipped with high-speed wifi
Recently, Hai Phong City Labor Federation launched the "Free wireless internet access system at worker dormitories" phase 1. In this phase, 90 dormitories in communes and wards: An Phong, Thuy Nguyen, Duong Kinh, Do Son, Vinh Bao are equipped with free wifi.
Mr. Nguyen Van Duc (from Nghe An) is currently a worker in Do Son Industrial Park, renting a room in Nam Do Son ward. Every day, after work hours, Mr. Duc as well as workers in the same rented area only surf the web, read newspapers, and only call home with pictures for a whole week to ask about their family. Since the rented area was equipped with wireless internet access supported by the Hai Phong City Labor Federation, calls have become more frequent and not interrupted. "Going to work hundreds of kilometers away from my family, my homesickness also subsided. During the April 30th and May 1st holidays, although I could not return to my hometown, I still felt the family atmosphere through images" - Mr. Duc shared.
According to Mr. Ta Quang Vi - the landlord in Thien Huong ward, since the boarding area was supported with free wifi, the workers in the boarding area are excited, and the atmosphere is much busier every night. Workers come home from work with internet to watch movies, listen to music, read newspapers, discuss current affairs, market prices... Along with the support of the Hai Phong City Labor Federation, Mr. Vi's family also installed more cameras to ensure security in the boarding area.
Spiritual gift for workers
Since 2022, the City Labor Federation has piloted the model "Civilized and Safe Worker Housing Area" with many practical and meaningful activities such as: Equipping medicine cabinets; supporting air conditioning for boarding houses for pregnant women or women raising young children under 36 months old; donating trash cans to sort organic and inorganic waste; organizing visits and giving gifts on the occasion of Workers' Month and Tet Reunion; propagating policies and laws; free medical examinations for boarding workers... At the end of 2021, the city also covered free wifi in 79 crowded worker boarding houses in Hai Phong City with 1,266 rooms, benefiting more than 3,800 workers.
Mr. Nguyen Van Quyet - Standing Vice Chairman of Hai Phong City Labor Federation - said that along with taking care of wages, jobs and working conditions, improving cultural and spiritual life, and supporting information access for migrant workers in boarding houses is always a task that the Trade Union organization pays special attention to. Free wireless Internet access system at workers' boarding houses is one of the key activities to concretize Project No. 04 of Hai Phong City Labor Federation on replicating the model "Civilized and safe worker housing area" for the period 2025 - 2030. This is also an event in response to Workers' Month, Action Month on Occupational Safety and Health and Hai Phong Red Flamboyant Flower Festival 2026.
Through this program, each boarding house will not only be a place to live but also become a "digital cultural space", where workers have more conditions to study, improve their qualifications, and access useful information after hard working hours" - Mr. Nguyen Van Quyet said.
Accompanying the Trade Union organization in caring for and protecting workers, at the program to inaugurate the free wireless internet system, Viettel Hai Phong supported and donated 150 sets of "Smart smoke sensors" to 50 worker dormitories in the area. Thereby, contributing to improving early warning and preventing fire and explosion risks in dormitories, ensuring safety for workers.
