The principal of Nam Hoa Kindergarten has been arrested, accused of receiving 6% of the total monthly value of goods purchased by the school from a business supplying contaminated pork.
Lieutenant General Nguyen Thanh Tung has directed investigators to "conclusively prove" whether school and collective kitchens bear responsibility for importing diseased pork for meals.
Le Thi Nga, standing vice chairwoman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Public Aspirations and Supervision, proposed that the government conduct a nationwide food safety inspection following the continuous discovery of numerous serious violations.
