The Prime Minister has just issued an official dispatch on the organization of the 2024 high school graduation exam and the management of children and students during the summer vacation.

To organize the high school graduation exam safely and seriously, the Prime Minister requested localities to deploy measures to ensure absolute security and safety for the exam, proactively prevent, detect and handle acts of using high-tech devices to cheat during the exam.

In addition, localities need to create favorable conditions for accommodation and travel for students, especially children of ethnic minorities, families with preferential policies, remote areas, students with disabilities and students in areas affected by natural disasters to take the exam, with the motto of not letting any student miss the exam due to economic or travel difficulties.

Localities need to proactively develop plans to prevent and combat natural disasters and epidemics, ensure food safety and environmental sanitation, and provide adequate electricity and water during the exam.

At the same time, the Prime Minister also noted that local leaders should direct the implementation of inspection, examination and supervision of the exam, and strictly handle violations of exam regulations and providing incorrect information about the exam.

Regarding the management of children and students during the summer vacation, the Prime Minister requested the Provincial Party Secretary, City Party Secretary, and Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to direct all levels, sectors, and organizations, especially the Youth Union, Women's Union, and Child Protection Committees at all levels, to create conditions for children and students to have safe, healthy, and useful entertainment during the summer vacation.

Relevant organizations need to coordinate with families to manage and supervise children and students during the time they are not in school, ensuring safety, especially in preventing accidents, injuries, drowning and child abuse in the online environment.

Assigning tasks to ministries and branches, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Education and Training to ensure the quality, accuracy and absolute safety of the exam, and to focus on directing and strengthening the inspection, examination and comprehensive supervision of the exam.

The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense directed the Public Security of units and localities to closely coordinate with the Education sector to deploy measures to ensure absolute security and safety for the exam, prevent, detect and promptly handle acts of using high-tech devices to cheat during the exam.

The Ministry of Health directs localities to implement disease prevention and control, ensure food safety, environmental sanitation, prepare human resources, supplies, and medical equipment to conduct medical examination and treatment for candidates and exam participants with health problems.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs urges and guides localities to carry out child care and protection, especially injury prevention and child drowning prevention, and strengthen inspection and examination of the implementation of this work.

The Ministry of Information and Communications directs localities to implement measures to prevent and combat child abuse in cyberspace.

Transporting high school graduation exam papers to Can Gio by private ferry Ho Chi Minh City will arrange a private ferry to transport the 2024 high school graduation exam papers to Can Gio district. At the end of the exam day, the private ferry will transport the exam papers back to the mainland.