After Van Lang University, HUTECH handles students who are disrespectful to veterans

On the afternoon of May 9, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH) announced that VHQ students (majoring in tourism and travel services management) directly apologized to two veterans in the incident that caused a stir during the parade to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification.

According to the school, immediately after the incident, VHQ student posted a public apology on his personal page and proactively sought to contact the veterans to directly admit his mistake. The school also invited the student and his family to the school to discuss and clarify the incident in the spirit of supporting the student to recognize right from wrong, correct mistakes and mature.

At the same time, the school connected with two veterans, Mr. Le Van Bang and Mr. Nguyen Van Minh - who were directly present at the ceremony that day, so that the students could apologize to them.

"The two doctors listened to the student's apology with sympathy and understanding, and believed that the student's actions were impulsive and due to youthful impetuosity. They did not hold any grudges, and at the same time hoped that the community would create conditions for the student to correct his mistakes, continue studying, and develop his future," said a school representative.

Two male students who behaved inappropriately towards veterans received disciplinary reprimands (Photo: Social Network).

The school's leaders added that, in the spirit of humanistic education, HUTECH held a meeting of the Student Disciplinary Council to comprehensively review the incident, based on the report, and at the same time evaluate the student's sincere attitude and desire to correct his mistakes.

The school agreed on the form of reprimand, requiring students to seriously review and commit to not re-offending. The Student Affairs Department, the Faculty of Tourism - Restaurant - Hotel Management and related units will continue to monitor and support students in the coming time.

Previously, 3 days after the incident, VHQ posted an apology on Facebook to the veterans.

"My friends and I would like to send our deepest and most sincere apologies to the veterans for our inappropriate actions during a tense and out-of-control situation...

We take full responsibility for our loud voices, inappropriate behavior, and failure to give way in time to you - the honorable people who have dedicated themselves to the country," the HUTECH student wrote.

The male student continued: "We hope that you and everyone will be generous in forgiving us, so that we have the opportunity to correct our mistakes and grow from this incident. We do not apologize because we are criticized or apologize to let things go, but from a sincere and heartfelt place, we apologize to everyone.

Although I know that apologizing does not mean that I am no longer responsible, I will also reflect and change. And consider this the biggest lesson that I will always regret in my life because I no longer have the chance to make amends with the veterans.

HQ also said that after the incident of "disrespecting two veterans", when the situation stabilized, the group of male students proactively invited some other veterans to sit with them.

"This is an action out of respect and a desire to immediately correct the mistake," the Korean male student wrote.

On the same morning, Van Lang University also announced that it had decided to discipline student NNG (course 29, Chinese language major) for his inappropriate behavior towards veterans during the parade to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification that took place on the evening of April 29.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/sau-dh-van-lang-hutech-xu-ly-sinh-vien-vo-le-voi-cuu-chien-binh-20250509145353145.htm