Regarding the dismantling of 2 telecommunication cables of Saigontourist Cable Television Company (hereinafter referred to as SCTV) by Ninh Binh Power Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as SCTV) on the morning of February 16, causing a widespread interruption of SCTV's services, on the afternoon of February 16, speaking with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Tran Dang Son - Director of Ninh Binh Power Company said that on the morning of February 16, Ninh Binh Power Company had dismantled 2 cable cables of SCTV that were hanging on the system of electric poles managed by Ninh Binh Power Company.
The decomposure of the two cables was due to the fact that in 2024, SCTV had signed a contract with Ninh Binh Electricity to lease the electric pole system managed by Ninh Binh Electricity to hang telecommunication cables (the contract was valid for 1 year, from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024).
"The contract term has expired, from September 2024 to February 2025, we have repeatedly sent documents requesting SCTV to pay the electric pole rental fee in 2024 of over 890 million; and negotiated to sign a rental contract in 2025. However, SCTV did not have a written response, did not pay the debt and did not cooperate with Ninh Binh Electricity to handle it, so we were forced to lower the two telecommunication cables of SCTV in accordance with the regulations and terms in the contract" - Mr. Son said.
According to Mr. Son, most recently on February 7, 2025, Ninh Binh Electricity continued to send a document to SCTV requesting payment of the remaining amount owed in 2024, but up to now, SCTV has not responded.
In the document, Ninh Binh Electricity stated: By February 15, 2025, if the electric pole renter does not pay the remaining amount of 2024, the electric pole renter will officially remove the cable. However, by the end of February 15, 2025, he had not received any response from the electric pole renter, so on February 16, 2025, Ninh Binh Electricity had removed 2 cable nut points of SCTV.
"After we removed the two cables above, SCTV responded, and at the same time, with the direction of the leaders of Vietnam Electricity Group, we coordinated to restore the two cables above. At the same time, it is required that the contractors renting electric poles must regularly coordinate promptly to work directly or respond in writing to arising issues according to the terms of the contract that the two parties have signed to avoid unfortunate incidents like the recent one" - Mr. Son added.
