Speaking with Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper on the evening of February 16, Mr. Tran Dang Son, Director of Ninh Binh Electricity Company Limited, informed that the unit has restored 2 SCTV cable nodes at the electric poles managed by the company.

The reason, according to the representative of Ninh Binh Electricity, is that in 2024, Saigontourist Cable Television Company (SCTV) signed a contract with Ninh Binh Electricity to rent a system of electric poles managed by the Electricity to hang telecommunication cables (the contract is valid for 1 year, from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024), but when the payment deadline came, they did not pay.

"Before the cut-off, we sent many documents to SCTV to inform them that if they did not pay by the specified time, the cable box would have to be removed from the pole. But they did not respond," said Mr. Son.

Currently, SCTV has discussed with Ninh Binh Electricity about the payment deadline in March. Therefore, the unit reconnected the cable. "The two units have cooperated with each other for many years, so we had to do this out of desperation" - Mr. Son explained.

Previously, Vietnam Television (VTV) reported that at 9:14 a.m. on February 16, Ninh Binh Electricity directed 2 teams to follow production orders to cut cables of SCTV, VTV's joint venture, in all areas.

Accordingly, the power unit cut the Ninh Binh-Kim Son optical cable, causing the loss of signal at 5 optical nodes (signal connection points) in Ninh Binh City and 10 nodes in Kim Son, affecting 1,500 customers.

After that, the electricity company continued to cut the Ninh Binh - Ha Nam axis, losing signal to 100 customers, losing the axis that was leased to Mobifone. The incident affected a total of 1,600 customers and Mobifone's corporate customers.

At 10:16, the electricity guard left but declared that they would not allow the cables to be welded. If SCTV welded the cables in the direction of the cable, they would come out and cut them again.

VTV believes that Ninh Binh Province Electricity's cutting of SCTV's cable has caused widespread disruption of SCTV's services and greatly affected the interests of people and businesses using SCTV's services; caused property damage, and seriously affected the reputation of VTV and SCTV.