Society http://www.thanhniennews.com/rss.php http://backend.userland.com/rss Thanhniennews.com Vietnam's electricity generation capacity is expected to rise 20 percent this year, easing the country's chronic power shortage, the industry and trade minister said on Wednesday. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53768 2009-11-19 15:08:20 It will take at least two months to repair the damage caused by a drifting barge that crashed into the Thi Nghe Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday, officials said Thursday. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53775 2009-11-20 09:57:05 Eligibility and priority for purchasing or renting houses built for low-income earners will be decided on a points-based system, the Ministry of Construction said Tuesday. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53778 2009-11-20 10:01:46 Work began Wednesday morning on an experimental dredging of the Sword Lake in the heart of Hanoi using German technology. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53783 2009-11-20 11:53:04 Police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on Monday detained a local woman for alleged involvement in a ring selling Vietnamese women to brothels in China. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53785 2009-11-20 11:57:02 A teenager in Hai Duong Province was sentenced to death Thursday for killing his father before taking his money to clear his debts and play games. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53787 2009-11-20 11:59:53 A print shop owner in Hanoi has been detained after his shop was found to have produced around 20 fake university graduation certificates for VND13 million each. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53788 2009-11-20 12:00:32 A man watching TV on the third floor of his house in Quang Ninh Province was killed in bizarre fashion when a wall collapsed on him on Monday night. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53789 2009-11-20 12:01:18 Police on Wednesday found many bags of dead pigs and chickens dumped into deserted wells in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53792 2009-11-20 12:06:27 An appeals court on Thursday upheld the eight year jail sentence handed down last August on the former director of a collective farm who had been named a Labor Hero by the government. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53793 2009-11-20 12:08:23 Women’s issues should be integrated into national climate change policies as the fairer sex is more vulnerable to the consequences of natural disasters, said experts at the release of a UN report Thursday. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53800 2009-11-20 21:55:36 Hundreds of creditors have laid siege to one of Ho Chi Minh City’s largest gold shops as of Wednesday morning after the shop’s owner disappeared without a trace over the weekend. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53796 2009-11-20 21:45:45 Bribery has been so common at Vietnamese hospitals for so long that many people don’t even consider it corruption, experts told a healthcare conference in Hanoi Tuesday. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53797 2009-11-20 21:49:50 Vietnam needs to verify the legality of documents submitted as evidence in an international corruption case before investigations continue, said Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong on Tuesday. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53799 2009-11-20 21:52:44 The Ho Chi Minh City Market Management Bureau has seized packages of undocumented cloth, cosmetics and electronic home appliances allegedly smuggled from northern provinces via post. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53803 2009-11-20 22:01:28 Hanoi police have arrested a local mother after she allegedly threw her three-month-old baby down a due to a grudge against the father. http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=53804 2009-11-20 22:03:10