The truth behind the clip of a teacher giving each student 1 million VND in lucky money… for Tet shopping

(Dan Tri) - Social networks have been spreading a clip of a teacher in Dak Nong giving each student 1 million VND. After verification, this amount of money is the allowance of students at a boarding school for ethnic minorities and the students posted it online… for fun.

On January 17, Mr. Le Cong Trinh, Principal of the Krong No District Boarding Secondary and High School for Ethnic Minorities, Dak Nong, confirmed with Dan Tri reporter about the information spreading on TikTok related to a teacher "giving" each student 1 million VND to celebrate Tet.

According to Mr. Trinh, the information that a teacher in Dak Nong used his own money to give each student 1 million VND in lucky money is incorrect.

A 12th grade student in Dak Nong recorded the image of the teacher giving each student 1 million VND and posted it on social media with controversial content (Photo: Cut from clip).

"This clip was posted on social media by a 12th grade student of the school for fun. This money is actually the back pay of the ethnic boarding school students and the teacher gave it back to the students," Mr. Trinh explained.

Mr. Trinh said that according to regulations, students of ethnic boarding schools are entitled to policy scholarships equal to 80% of the state's minimum wage.

"In July 2024, the basic salary will increase and this amount will be supplemented by the budget, so the school will pay back pay to the children," Mr. Trinh added.

Teacher gives out allowance money to ethnic boarding school students, not lucky money as shown on TikTok (Photo: Cut from clip).

Previously, on the evening of January 16, a short clip appeared on TikTok recording the image of a teacher holding a stack of 500,000 VND bills and giving each student 1 million VND. Along with the clip was the content, the teacher at a boarding school in Dak Nong gave each student 1 million VND as lucky money before returning home for Tet.

Immediately after the clip was posted, thousands of comments expressed surprise at the teacher in a province in the Central Highlands who was very generous in giving his students a large sum of money as lucky money.

Teacher Nguyen Van Loi, homeroom teacher of grade 12, confirmed that he was the character in the clip. Teacher Loi said that the back pay for the 12th grade students was about 2 million VND and he had given each student 1 million VND in advance for Tet shopping, the rest would be given to parents.

Teacher Nguyen Van Loi confirmed that he was the person in the clip and reminded students not to post false information on social networks (Photo: Screenshot).

"I didn't know the students had filmed the clip and posted it on TikTok. After the clip went viral, I reminded students not to post incorrect information on social media," Mr. Loi shared.

Krong No District Ethnic Boarding Secondary and High School currently has 7 classes with 221 students from ethnic groups in Dak Nong province.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/thuc-hu-clip-thay-giao-li-xi-moi-hoc-sinh-1-trieu-dong-mua-sam-tet-20250117122757754.htm