On September 19th, Mr. Dang Minh Thong, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, announced that he had signed a document directing the verification and clarification of information regarding the meals provided at Anh Duong Kindergarten (Ngai Giao town, Chau Duc district).

Accordingly, the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province assigned the People's Committee of Chau Duc district the responsibility to urgently verify and clarify the details of the above incident.

At the same time, the organization will strictly handle any violations (if any) in accordance with the law, ensuring a decisive approach to handling them, without evasion, cover-up, or superficial action. A report on the handling results will be submitted to the Provincial People's Committee no later than today (September 19).

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Anh Duong Kindergarten (Ngai Giao town, Chau Duc district) - where a controversy arose over teachers' meals costing 30,000 VND but containing only two pieces of sausage. Photo: Quang Hung.

In addition, the Department of Education and Training is requested to take the lead and coordinate with the People's Committees of districts, towns, and cities to comprehensively address and rectify the implementation of boarding school programs throughout the entire education sector in the area, ensuring food safety and hygiene, and the quality of boarding school meals for students and teachers.

Strengthen inspection work, combining regular and unscheduled inspections, guiding and requiring schools to declare menus, publicly disclose ingredients, and publicly disclose meal portions with full quantities to all parents. Identify violations, shortcomings, and deficiencies to take timely corrective measures and provide appropriate advice in accordance with regulations.

The People's Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province has instructed the Department of Health to direct the Food Safety and Hygiene Sub-Department to coordinate with the People's Committees and Education Departments of districts, towns, and cities to regularly organize inspections and supervision to ensure food safety and hygiene in schools, especially primary schools and kindergartens that provide boarding services.

Clarifying the complaint that teachers' meals cost 30,000 VND but only contain 2 pieces of sausage.
Images of preschool teachers' meals have been posted on social media. (Screenshot)

As VietNamNet reported, in recent days, public opinion has been stirred by information circulating on social media about a "30,000 VND meal consisting of only two pieces of sausage" served to preschool teachers at Anh Duong Preschool.

Following the incident, the authorities in Chau Duc district launched an investigation and worked with the school. They determined that the reported information was accurate and that Ms. Phan Thi Han Hue, the school principal, had made several mistakes.

Late in the afternoon of September 17th, approximately 35 teachers and cafeteria staff from Anh Duong Kindergarten met and held a dialogue with Mr. Nguyen Tan Ban, Chairman of the Chau Duc District People's Committee, to express their concerns and grievances.

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Teachers and staff of Anh Duong Kindergarten met and held a dialogue with the Chairman of the People's Committee of Chau Duc District on the afternoon of September 17th. Photo: Quang Hung

At the meeting, many teachers and staff members were deeply moved, breaking down in tears and confirming that the image of the meal trays circulating on social media was accurate. According to them, the meager meal portions had been a long-standing issue, dating back to when Ms. Phan Thi Han Hue became the school principal.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Tan Ban pledged to verify and handle the case, clarifying the responsibilities of the individuals involved. He also instructed the Department of Internal Affairs to lead and advise on the formation of a team to conduct a comprehensive inspection of Anh Duong Kindergarten from 2021 onwards, the period when Ms. Hue took over as principal.

Meeting with the district chairman, the teacher broke down in tears while talking about the meal consisting of only two pieces of sausage.

Meeting with the district chairman, the teacher broke down in tears while talking about the meal consisting of only two pieces of sausage.

During a meeting and dialogue with the Chairman of Chau Duc District (Ba Ria - Vung Tau province), many teachers from Anh Duong Kindergarten broke down in tears as they expressed their pent-up frustrations and grievances.
The principal is accused of shortchanging preschool children on their meals.

The principal is accused of shortchanging preschool children on their meals.

While working as a cook at Anh Duong Kindergarten (Chau Duc district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province), Ms. Tran Thi Thien Kim discovered many irregularities in the preparation of school meals for children and filed a complaint.