The People's Committee of Thai Binh province has decided to temporarily suspend Mr. Nguyen Viet Hien, member of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Department of Education and Training, for a period of 15 working days, starting from July 31.

During the inspection, Mr. Hien is responsible for providing full information and relevant documents as requested by the head of the inspection team and competent authorities, ensuring compliance with legal regulations.

Previously, some parents in Thai Binh sent a petition to the Ministry of Education and Training, the Provincial Party Committee, the People's Committee, the Police, and the Department of Education and Training of Thai Binh province about irregularities in the 10th grade entrance exam in Thai Binh.

According to parents' evidence, at least 18 cases of increased scores after re-examination in the two Math and Literature exams, increased from 1.25 to 5.75 points/subject.

For example, candidate number 2604xx's Math score increased from 3.75 to 9.5 points after the re-examination (an increase of 5.75 points); candidate number 1804xx's Literature score increased from 4.5 to 7.75 points (an increase of 3.25 points); candidate number 2707xx's Math score increased from 1.7 to 4.7 points (an increase of 3 points).

Regarding the irregularities in exam scores, the People's Committee of Thai Binh province requested a surprise inspection of the implementation of legal policies, duties and powers of the Department of Education and Training, the Director of the Department of Education and Training and related organizations and individuals in organizing the entrance exam for grade 10.

The People's Committee of Thai Binh province assigned the Department of Home Affairs to preside over and coordinate with relevant units to advise the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee to report to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee to consider and decide to temporarily suspend Mr. Nguyen Viet Hien, Director of the Department of Education and Training, to serve inspection activities in accordance with the law.

In addition, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Thai Binh province requested the Police and the Department of Information and Communications to send officers and civil servants with sufficient capacity and qualifications to participate in inspections according to the provisions of the Inspection Law 2024.