Russian teacher slaps two second graders, grabs another by the neck in Vietnamese classroom

VNExpress - Oct 30, 2026

A Russian teacher slapped two second graders and grabbed another by the neck, lifting the child out of class, during an English lesson at a private school in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

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