The Hanoi Department of Education and Training said that according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, from the night of October 5, 2025 to October 7, 2025, the mountainous and midland areas of the North will have heavy rain, some places will have very heavy rain.
To ensure the safety of students, staff, and teachers, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training recommends that units let students take a day off on October 6, 2025 (Monday). At the same time, change the form from in-person teaching to online teaching, continue to closely monitor weather developments in the following days to promptly have flexible response plans in organizing teaching and learning.
Units need to regularly update information, promptly report difficulties and problems to the Department of Education and Training.
Previously, to proactively respond to storm No. 11, on October 2, 2025, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Official Dispatch No. 1753/CD-BGDDT on overcoming the consequences of storm No. 10 and proactively responding to storm No. 11, along with the Official Dispatch of the Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training (DET) requested the People's Committees of wards and communes to direct educational institutions in the area; Heads of units and schools under the Department to focus on closely monitoring the developments of storm No. 11. Schools need to regularly update warning bulletins, weather forecasts, and natural disasters to proactively prevent, respond, and overcome consequences.
Accordingly, based on the weather situation and natural disaster developments, educational institutions proactively review, prepare plans and deploy response plans according to the "4 on-site" motto, in accordance with the actual conditions of the school. At the same time, it is necessary to have a plan to promptly relocate assets, machinery, equipment, tables, chairs, records, and books to safe places to avoid damage and loss, minimizing damage caused by the storm.
For units with boarding students, students must be strictly managed. The travel requires coordination between schools and families according to the plan and direction of local authorities, ensuring absolute safety. The school also needs to prepare enough drinking water, food and provisions to meet the living needs of students during the storm.
Schools absolutely do not organize extracurricular activities or collective activities in areas at risk of flooding and landslides. At the same time, establish an information channel with parents to manage students when participating in local activities, in order to minimize possible risks.
In addition, schools need to regularly update information, summarize damage (if any), develop a handling plan, overcome and report to the Department of Education and Training through the Department of Politics, ideology and Student Affairs.
Before the official announcement of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, many schools in Hanoi had proactively allowed students to study online to cope with storm No. 11 Matmo.
Cau Giay - Hanoi Secondary School issued a notice to parents with the content: According to information from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, storm No. 11 ( Matmo) is developing complicatedly, forecast to affect the Northern region, including Hanoi City, causing heavy to very heavy rain from the night of October 5 to the end of the night of October 7 and there is a possibility of strong winds, thunderstorms, whirlwinds, flooding in low-lying areas.
In the face of complicated weather developments, in order to proactively respond and ensure absolute safety for students and teachers, while not interrupting the study plan, the school decided to switch to online teaching via the Google Meet platform from October 6, 2025 until further notice.
Each class will have its own fixed Google Meet link. Students only need to use their personal Google Account to log in and join the class.
The school respectfully hopes that parents of students will coordinate to prepare the necessary conditions so that students can participate in online learning in the best way.
Learning devices: Students need a laptop/lessee, tablet, or smartphone with an Internet connection. The device needs to be fully equipped with speakers, microphones and cameras.
At the same time, the device must be pre-installed with online learning software (such as Google Meet, Zoom) and students with a Google account can log in successfully.
Internet connection: Check and ensure stable network connection at home.
Learning space: Prepare a quiet, bright learning corner.
Be mentally ready: disseminate to your children about the storm situation and the need for online learning so that they can proactively and seriously participate in studying according to the new schedule.
Luong The Vinh School (Hanoi) has converted all teaching and learning activities to online on Monday, October 6, 2025. The school hopes that parents will coordinate to remind and support their children in preparing stable equipment and communication lines; Monitoring information from homeroom teachers, reminding children to participate fully, on time and seriously in lessons.
Luong The Vinh School said that the mid-term exam schedule will be notified by the school for later adjustments.
The University of Foreign Languages - Vietnam National University, Hanoi also announced the transition to online learning on October 6, 2025 (before there is an official announcement from the Hanoi Department of Education and Training) for all levels of education and training: full-time university students, students in the second training program (dual), students in the International Link program, students in the bang 2 level of both work and study, high school students, and graduate students.
For general classes that are invited to lecture, the Department of Training and Learning directly notifies lecturers of online teaching plans. For the parts of the course sponsored by the Training Faculties, the Heads of the units proactively notify lecturers and students to know and implement.
