The first type is the Bluezone smart bracelet, manufactured by a Vietnamese enterprise. Expected price is 6 USD / unit (about 138,000 VND). The bracelet uses Bluezone open source core, 30-day battery, and is used in cases where smartphones are not used like in factories, used for the elderly … to support monitoring, medical declaration… (Illustration) The second type is a GPS navigation bracelet to help manage in the isolation area, priced at 35 USD/piece (equivalent to 800,000 VND). This bracelet will identify the wearer’s location, have a warning to destroy or remove the bracelet; 30 days battery, can be charged repeatedly and reused. The bracelet has a warning sent to the quarantined person, the medical officer in charge when leaving the allowed range or violating the predetermined route. Before that, following the request of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control to complete the application to manage entry people from the time of entry, at the isolation area and to monitor their health after the end of the quarantine period. In the case of centralized isolation, the Ministry of Information and Communications (TT&TT) has proposed to apply a specialized bracelet to support the monitoring of people in centralized and post-isolation isolation developed by Vietnamese technology enterprises. According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, some countries have exported solutions to monitor quarantined subjects, but the use of available foreign solutions will lead to many limitations in mastering and customizing to suit the Vietnamese context. Male. The purchase of foreign solutions is also dependent on the production capacity of the partner, which can significantly affect the Covid-19 prevention and control plan. Meanwhile, Vietnamese enterprises now also have solutions (mastering technology and data stored in Vietnam) and sufficient production capacity, ready to deploy on a large scale in a short time. The tracking bracelet solution could open up a new direction of management for low-risk quarantined people. They will be fitted with a bracelet to monitor their self-isolation at home. This approach helps to reduce the risk of cross-infection in the isolation area, and at the same time eases the social burden, especially the team working in epidemic prevention and control.

The Center has the task of acting as the focal point to coordinate and coordinate with agencies, organizations and enterprises to participate in technical and technology-related support and cooperation to support the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic; design, build, manage, operate, monitor, ensure safety and network security for technology platforms and systems for Covid-19 prevention and control. Unified management, centralized connection and distribution of electronic medical declaration data, domestic movement declaration data, people’s reflection data, quarantine point data and access control data quarantine points between technology systems for Covid-19 prevention and control. One of the tasks of the Center is unified management, centralized connection and data distribution between technology systems for Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control. The Center is also responsible for developing or receiving new technology solutions in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic; serving the requirements of using technology to support the medical profession of the Ministry of Health; supporting technical requirements, guiding the implementation of technological measures for ministries, sectors and localities in the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic. At the same time, urge the application of technology systems and platforms to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic as well as perform a number of other tasks as assigned by the Minister of Information and Communications. Having a flexible working structure, not an administrative organization, no additional organization or staff, besides the Director, in charge of general administration is the Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Informatization (Ministry of Information and Communications). ) also invited medical experts and technology experts to participate as the National Center for Technology for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, as core members. Specifically, the Ministry of Information and Communications invited a representative from the IT Department (Ministry of Health) to be the Deputy Director of the National Center for Technology for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. This expert is in charge of connecting between technology and health stakeholders, based on the anti-epidemic practice, proposing specific issues and requirements (head of the article) that need IT tools to support the Ministry of Health. directing the organization of building IT and software solutions to meet the set requirements. The Ministry of Information and Communications also invited Mr. Tran Dac Phu, an advisor of the Vietnam Center for Emergency Response to Public Health Events, to join the Center as a member, in charge of professional advisory work. Besides, the Center also has other core members of the Department of Telecommunication, Department of Information Security, National Center for Electronic Authentication (Ministry of Information and Communications); leading a number of businesses…as a permanent member. The National Center for Technology for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has an assistant department, a professional and technical department consisting of cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees of the following departments: Informatization, Telecommunications, Security information and digital technology enterprises in Vietnam. Depending on the job requirements, the Department of Informatics submits to the Leaders of the Ministry of Information and Communications to add core members of the Center.

Using Bluezone helps detect close contact with suspected infected people, contributing to the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic. The Center is headed by Mr. Do Cong Anh, Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Informatization (Ministry of Information and Communications); leader of Information Technology Department (Ministry of Health) as Deputy Director; Mr. Tran Dac Phu, consultant of Vietnam Public Health Emergency Response Center is a member, in charge of professional advice. In addition, the Center has 6 other members from functional units of the Ministry of Information and Communications and information technology enterprises. In particular, the leader of Bkav Group is in charge of the overall design of shared platforms and databases… The Center has the task of acting as a focal point, coordinating with agencies, organizations and enterprises, participating in technical and technological support and cooperation to serve the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic; design, build, manage, operate, monitor, ensure safety and network security for technology platforms and systems for Covid-19 prevention and control. In particular, the Center will uniformly manage, centrally connect and distribute electronic health declaration data, domestic movement declaration data, people’s reflection data, quarantine point data and data on control of entry and exit of quarantine points between Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control technology systems… Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.