During the wartime, Vietnamese students, on their way to school, besides their books, had to take with them a shovel to dig bomb shelters and a first-aid stretcher. Particularly, they often wore straw hats as protection from bomb and shell shrapnels.


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A photo exhibition in Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) from June 1-5 showing images of pupils wearing straw hats. 




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Straw hats can protect them from bombs and shells, particularly steel-pellet bomb





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A class in front of a communal house 





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Secondary school pupils in the northern Vinh Phuc province learned how to make straw hats





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Students of Minh Phuong primary school in Phu Tho province helped each others wear straw hats.






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Besides their books, they had to take with them a first-aid stretcher and shovels to dig bomb shelters





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Learning how to give first aid 





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Wearing straw hats even when they are making bread






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Digging bomb shelters 






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Two schoolgirls learning their lesson by the bomb shelter






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Lately, Professor Nguyen Thien Nhan, former minister of Education and Training presented straw hats to lower secondary school pupils in Tu Liem district, Hanoi.

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