Specifically, in a document sent by the Government Office to the Minister of Education and Training on October 7, some media reported on the poor quality of meals for students at Hanoi University of Science and Technology during the two weeks of National Defense and Security Education.

Regarding this matter, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long assigned the Ministry of Education and Training to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies and localities to urgently direct inspections and strictly handle violations according to regulations.

The Deputy Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Education and Training to strengthen direction, management and inspection of the implementation of food hygiene and safety for students in educational institutions, ensuring quality and safety, and preventing similar cases from recurring.

Previously, on the morning of October 8, Major General Tran Ngoc Thanh, Director of the Department of National Defense and Security Education (Ministry of Education and Training) and local health authorities directly inspected the kitchens of this school.

As VietNamNet reported, according to the reflection, new students of Hanoi University of Science and Technology had to eat leftover rice and soup during the time of studying national defense and security education. Not only that, some students said that they had discovered foreign objects such as cockroaches in their food many times.

Immediately after receiving the information, the Board of Directors of Hanoi University of Science and Technology spoke up to take direct responsibility, apologized and affirmed that they would publicly and strictly handle the relevant groups and individuals to ensure the rights of students.

“This is an unfortunate incident. Hanoi University of Science and Technology would like to apologize and hope to receive sympathy and sharing from parents and students. The school hopes to always receive comments and contributions from society and students so that the school's activities can be better and better,” said a school representative.

Hanoi University of Science and Technology has no connection with the unit that provides meals for students . This company has won the bid to provide food services at the A15 cafeteria for many years. Hanoi University of Science and Technology confirmed that it has terminated the contract with this unit after the scandal of new students having to eat leftover rice and soup.