Warning after information of strangers giving money and approaching students at school gate

Ho Chi Minh City Ha Huy Giap Primary School issued a warning after a 5th grade student was given 20,000 VND by a stranger at the school gate.

On the afternoon of November 23, Ms. Nguyen Hoang Yen, Principal of Ha Huy Giap Primary School, District 12, said that according to a 5th grade student, at around 6:00 a.m. on November 15, at the back gate of To Ngoc Van Secondary School (a 5th grade student is temporarily studying here), a woman with her face covered approached and gave her 20,000 VND, saying "I'll give you money for breakfast". The student said he had already eaten breakfast so he did not accept the money, but the woman still put the money in his hand. At this time, a parent taking his child to school saw something suspicious and approached, but the woman ran away.

"The student entered the classroom, gave the money to the homeroom teacher, the teacher used alcohol to spray disinfectant, then threw it in the trash. A while later, the teacher showed signs of dizziness, headache, and drowsiness," quoted from the announcement of Ha Huy Giap Primary School.

The school has worked with the ward police to coordinate measures to ensure security and safety for students before and after school every day in the surrounding area.

According to Ms. Yen, after working with the police, realizing that this could be a trick for criminals to approach and kidnap students, the school immediately sent a warning to parents.

Homeroom teachers are required to take attendance at the beginning of the school day and contact parents directly if a student is absent without prior notice. The school also instructs students to wait for their parents in the schoolyard and not to follow or accept toys or candy from strangers. Parents should notify the homeroom teacher in advance if they ask someone else to pick up their child.

In March, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training issued a similar warning after a student reported being approached by a stranger at the school gate, lured into a car with the excuse that "father had an accident". Previously, with the scenario "child is in emergency, need to transfer money urgently", many parents in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Da Nang were tricked into transferring billions of dong.

On the evening of November 24, Mr. Nguyen Van Duc, Chairman of the People's Committee of District 12, said that the district police had invited the person who gave the student 20,000 VND to come in for questioning, confirming that there was no kidnapping or information as shared by Ha Huy Giap Primary School.

"The school principal was impatient so the information was not accurate," said Mr. Duc.

Specifically, a parent at Ha Huy Giap Primary School saw a student standing there asking to borrow money from a friend but the friend did not have any money. She immediately took 20,000 VND and gave it to the student and left. After receiving the school's notice about "preventing abuse and kidnapping in front of the school gate" in the class group, this parent corrected the information with the homeroom teacher.

Le Nguyen

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