On November 10, a source from Lao Dong Newspaper reported that Mr. Vo Van Be Hai - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ben Tre province - signed Official Dispatch No. 3203 on strengthening education and training, preventing school violence, and preventing drowning for students.
According to this document, in the face of the situation of consecutive school violence cases occurring in the area, the Department of Education and Training of Ben Tre province requested the District Education and Training Department (directing affiliated schools), high schools, and district-level Vocational Education - Continuing Education Centers in the area to strengthen coordination with relevant local agencies and organizations in disseminating legal education, ensuring school security and safety; educating ethics, lifestyle, life skills; knowledge and skills on preventing and combating school violence for students; implementing social work activities and school counseling for students.
The Department of Education and Training of Ben Tre province will organize inspections and checks on the implementation of legal documents and directives on building and ensuring a safe, healthy, friendly educational environment, preventing and combating school violence; coordinate to strictly handle heads of units who lack attention and direction, leading to student violations.
Previously on October 17, at An Thoi High School, an incident occurred where 3 students beat up another student in class. The student who was beaten is currently in 10th grade at this school. According to the clip, a male student was sitting at his desk when 3 students started talking. After a while of talking, the 3 students rushed in and beat him up. One of the 3 students even jumped up and kicked the male student, making him unable to sit up.
On November 5, N.T.A.T - a 7th grade student at Binh Thang Secondary School (Binh Dai District, Ben Tre Province) was hit on the head with a helmet by V.T.M.Q - an 8th grade student at Le Hoang Chieu Secondary School (Binh Dai District, Ben Tre Province) and N.T.M.D - a friend of V.T.M.Q, a 7th grade student at Binh Thang Secondary School.
After the fight, T was taken to Binh Dai District Medical Center for examination by Mr. V.T.T - V.T.M.Q's biological father. As a result, T had swelling in the left temple and a scratch on the mucosa of the upper lip. Because T had headaches, Mr. V.T.T continued to take T to Minh Duc Hospital for a general examination of the entire head. At Minh Duc Hospital, the CT-SCANNER results showed that there was no intracranial hematoma.