This afternoon, Thanh Nien Newspaper reporters were present at Long Thanh My Primary School, Long Thanh My Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City during the students' lunch hour. After a week of having to temporarily suspend the school's lunch so that the school and parents could find a new meal provider, at noon on November 6, the students of this school were all happy to be able to enjoy the school's lunch with their friends.

Each meal costs 28,000 VND and includes white rice, braised pork and egg, minced pork and cabbage soup, stir-fried vegetables, and banana for dessert. The parents representing the parents of the students of the whole school were also present at noon today, observing the process of the meals being transported, dividing the rice for the students, checking the food, and keeping food samples. After that, the parents' representatives also ate the same meals as the students with the principal to feel and evaluate together.

Mr. Le Duc Trung, deputy representative of the parents of Long Thanh My Primary School, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, who tried the lunch at noon today, said that during the time the school had to temporarily stop serving lunch to students to find a new meal provider, parents had to work harder to arrange work and pick up their children. Many parents had to take a few days off work to pick up their children on time for school.

"Today, the students are allowed to eat lunch again, the parent representative committee sent 3 people to check how the children eat, how the food is delivered. We assessed that the food is still hot, the children praised it as delicious, and to their taste. Before that, the parents and the school had chosen to find a food supplier, had to go to the food supplier's facility, see how they imported the food, how they processed it, how they transported the food to the school for the children... Therefore, we are assured about the children's lunch," added Mr. Duc Trung.

Sharing with Thanh Nien Newspaper reporter, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuoc, Principal of Long Thanh My Primary School, said that the school has more than 1,100 students, of which more than 600 are boarding students. In order to quickly find a new meal provider for the school, so that students can study with peace of mind and parents can work with peace of mind, Ms. Phuoc said that the school has coordinated with parents to find, select and research profiles from many boarding meal providers.

In addition to studying the company's legal documents, parents and schools also visit the company providing meals to see how they import food, prepare and process it, whether the kitchen ensures a one-way kitchen, how the process of transporting boarding meals to school ensures food hygiene and safety, keeps the rice hot, and is of good quality... before deciding to choose a supplier.

"The school has a new food distribution room at the school. We ensure that when food is brought to the school, it will be put into the food distribution room, following the steps and procedures. Today, I went around to ask the children how they rated the rice. The children praised the rice and food as delicious, and the parents were satisfied. We also sent a video clip about the process of making the lunch that the children ate at school today to all the parents in the school so that everyone can feel secure," said Ms. Thanh Phuoc.

Ms. Thanh Phuoc also said that in the coming time, the school will not be subjective but will continue to inspect and supervise the facilities providing meals for boarding students. The school will still maintain an inspection and supervision board with school representatives and parents' representatives to conduct periodic and surprise inspections to ensure that meals for boarding students always ensure nutrition and food safety.

As reported by Thanh Nien Newspaper, from today (November 6), 6 schools in Thu Duc City will resume providing boarding meals to students after a temporary suspension. These 6 schools include: Phu Huu Primary School, Phu Huu Secondary School, Long Thanh My Primary School, Truong Thanh Primary School, Truong Thanh Secondary School, and Phuoc Thanh Primary School.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, Deputy Head of the Department of Education and Training of Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, said that the Department regularly collects information, has notes, and improves the quality of students' meals. The Department of Education and Training will work with the interdisciplinary inspection team to strengthen supervision and inspection of all companies providing meals for boarding students, kitchens, canteens, and food services in schools. In addition, the Department of Education and Training has an official dispatch sent to all schools, companies providing meals, canteens, etc. so that units comply with the law and enhance their responsibility in providing food and meals for schools in the area...