VietNamNet Bridge – Some families are fed up with their naughty children and they try to get rid of them by sending them abroad to study.




A high-school boy named Dung, in Ha Dong district, Hanoi, spent a lot of money of his parents in gambling, drinking, etc. Dung’s parents had to see their son’s teachers many times for hearing complaints about Dung’s bad acts, such as playing hooky, fighting with other students, etc.

Dung’s parents also had to see police several times to pay traffic fines and to stand bail for their son after his illegal races.

Joining illegal motorbike races, gambling and fighting were Dung’s hobbies. Whenever he was out of money, the boy sold his cell phones and motorbikes. He once broke his parents’ safe box to steal money.

Dung’s parents devoted their time to earn money and neglected their son. Whenever the son committed faults, they had to deal with the consequences.

Before Dung’s high-school final exams, his parents decided to send him to Australia to study. They knew for sure that Dung was unable to enter any local university and they wanted to avoid troubles made by their son.

Dung’s mother, Ms. Ha, consulted with many education service centers in Hanoi to seek a university in Australia for her son. “I want to send him to any university there. It will cost me up to one hundred thousands of USD a year. I don’t care about money,” Ha said.

At first, Dung did not agree but finally he accepted his parents’ decision because he wanted to escape from their control, while he could spend money as much as he desired. Before leaving Vietnam, Dung’s parents promised: “If you don’t want to study there, we will seek a university in another country.”

Another case is a boy named Khanh. Khanh’s parents could accept bad habits like gambling and racing, not drug addiction. When they knew that their son became a drug addict, they strictly supervised him when he went to school, stopped giving him money and confined the boy at home after class, etc. However, Khanh could not give up drugs.

Khanh’s parents were officials of a province near Hanoi. They did not want to send their son to a rehabilitation center to avoid ill fame. Sending the boy abroad to study was the best choice to isolate him from his spoilt friends and from drug.

They decided to send the boy to the UK right after the high-school final exams. They hired an apartment in the UK for Khanh. However, instead of studying, Khanh quickly made friend with local drug addicts. Whenever he was out of pocket, Khanh called his parents, asking them to send more money.

There are many similar cases like Khanh. Some of them were deported after several months for using drugs together or with local addicts.

Ms. Vu Thanh Van, consultor of an overseas study service center in Hanoi, said that many parents thought that sending their children overseas was a solution when their children were spoilt or addicted to narcotics. However, they were wrong and the consequences were before their eyes.

Nang Luong Moi