The Ministry of Culture requested strict handling of Luu Thien Huong's case, is the conservatory being gentle?

Acting Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music said the school followed the correct procedure and reported the incident to the Department of Training and leaders of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The Ministry also immediately sent a request to strictly handle this case.

Regarding Luu Thien Huong's accusation that her phone was thrown at her by lecturer and Meritorious Artist Minh Huyen, on January 15, Associate Professor, PhD. Le Anh Tuan - Director of the Department of Training, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that when there was information about the incident, the Department asked the school to report immediately.

"We request that the school handle it completely, as soon as possible, so as not to affect the reputation and image of the school and the training facility" - Associate Professor, Dr. Le Anh Tuan said.

According to Mr. Tuan, this week the school must hold a meeting to reconcile the two sides. The meeting will also consider the specific cause and come up with solutions.

According to a report from the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, on January 10, at Concert Hall B, the Faculty of Jazz-Pop-Rock and Music Technology organized a semester exam for students. When marking the exam, Luu Thien Huong (visiting lecturer) and Vo Thi Minh Huyen (full-time lecturer) had a conflict and argued about their expertise when grading. After the incident, Acting Director of Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music Hoang Ngoc Long received a lawsuit from Luu Thien Huong, accusing Minh Huyen of violating ethics and insulting colleagues.

School leaders said that the school is holding exams at this time, and it is at the end of the year, so all departments are busy. However, realizing the importance of the incident, at 3:00 p.m. on January 12, the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music held a meeting with the participation of relevant stakeholders: Party Committee; Board of manager; Head of the Department of Jazz-Pop-Rock and Music Technology; Head of the People's Inspection Committee; Department of Training, Scientific Management and International Cooperation, Department of Administration and General Affairs; Personnel Organization Department, Student Affairs Department.

"After discussing and reviewing the incident, the Council found that lecturer Minh Huyen, in a moment of anger, could not control his behavior, had an attitude and actions that did not follow the standards of a lecturer.

The Council agreed to issue a disciplinary measure of reprimand for lecturer Vo Thi Minh Huyen, and requested lecturer Vo Thi Minh Huyen to apologize to lecturer Luu Thien Huong at the upcoming conciliation meeting. to the Conservatory of Music, handled in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Conduct of the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music" , Dr. Hoang Ngoc Long reported.

When receiving the question about how to handle lecturers, Meritorious Artist Minh Huyen stopped at the level of reprimand, the Acting Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music once again affirmed that the decision passed by the council was in accordance with the House's Code of Conduct. issued by the school.

As for Luu Thien Huong, she believes that the method of reprimanding Minh Huyen is not satisfactory. The female musician said that Minh Huyen should apologize to her in front of all the students for insulting her, but the female artist did not take any action. "Apologizing is a very simple action to resolve everything because no one wants to make a fuss," she said. Luu Thien Huong said that because she has worked at the Conservatory for 5 years, she will respect the invitation to mediate from the board of directors.

Previously, Luu Thien Huong posted many articles accusing a vocal instructor of not understanding what the word "master" is and forbidding students from singing on mastered beats (the last step in the sound processing process). On January 12, Luu Thien Huong said the person she was referring to was Meritorious Artist Minh Huyen and re-shared a video recording the moment the female lecturer threw the phone.

She wrote on her personal page: "This is Ms. Huyen's action when she slandered her colleagues and slandered her students. Ms. Huyen did not agree with the student singing the mastered beat. Because Ms. Huyen did not understand her explanation, her colleagues hated her. asked her to call the technical department to check and explain her expertise, but she did not agree. Her colleagues saw that she had said offensive and unfounded statements and used their phone to call back to protect herself, but Ms. Huyen immediately threw the phone at a colleague. I strongly condemn this action of an art lecturer."

Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music spoke up about Luu Thien Huong claiming that a phone was thrown in her face by a Meritorious Artist Phong Trần17:18:17 12/01/2024The Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music responded after musician Luu Thien Huong's post accusing an elite artist and lecturer of not having professional ethical standards. According to Luu Thien Huong, lecturer H. slandered and insulted her and her students.