Bill Gates Foundation brings free Internet to rural Vietnam  Tuoi Tre Under the second phase of a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Microsoft founder Bill Gates’ charitable organization, 665 free public internet access points have been set up in 16 provinces across Yesterday in Da Lat, the Vietnamese Minister of Information and Communication and the Foundation jointly conducted the handover of 4,600 computers and a number of other equipment to representatives of the 16 provinces, under the project “Improvement of Computer Usage and Public Internet Access Ability in These donations will be given to 665 free public internet access points set up in Each public library and post office in the above provinces will have at least one free Internet station. There will be 40 computers available at provincial level, 10 computers at district level, and five computers at commune level. These public access points will also be equipped with other devices for public use such as printers, projectors, and headphones. The above project is being carried out by the Ministry of Information and Communications from 2011 to 2016. Based in As stated on its website, the BMGF works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the TUOITRENEWS |
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