Cold keeps northern Vietnam students at home

Primary school students wear winter clothes as they enter their school in Hanoi, February 10, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Chieu

Kindergartners and primary school students in several northern Vietnam localities stayed home Monday amid the coldest spell Vietnam has faced since winter began.

Current policies issued by the Hanoi Department of Education and Training state that primary schools would switch to online studying if temperatures drop below 10 degrees Celsius, while middle schools would follow suit once temperatures drop below 7. The temperature of the day would be announced by the national broadcaster, it added.

On Monday, temperatures in Hanoi at around 6 a.m. were recorded at around 8.8 degrees, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. It means over 455,000 students currently attending in-person classes in the capital's 18 outskirt districts are allowed to stay home.

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