Society http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/rss.php http://backend.userland.com/rss Thanhniennews.com Vietnam’s Embassy in Thailand Monday organized a free bus to help stranded Vietnamese travelers leave Thailand, which is in the grip of antigovernment protests. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44217 2008-12-02 11:35:23 The hard work of a new criminal investigative agency is beginning to pay off. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44215 2008-12-02 11:34:23 Farmers’ associations in Ho Chi Minh City have been directed to join forces to help farmers file a lawsuit against MSG-maker Vedan Vietnam for polluting the environment. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44195 2008-12-01 16:50:56 Police from the Ministry of Public Security Sunday concluded investigations into a 2007 log smuggling case involving a former customs official and eight others. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44199 2008-12-01 16:57:17 Poor resettlement plans, improper use of freight yards and pollution are some of the issues Ho Chi Minh City residents felt most annoyed about, officials said after collecting ideas for a meeting which starts tomorrow. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44200 2008-12-01 16:58:49 Da Nang City police Sunday caught 13 students using drugs in a pre-dawn raid at a hotel. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44201 2008-12-01 16:59:12 Natural disasters in the past 11 months have impoverished 3,897,800 individuals in 929,400 households, according to the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44204 2008-12-01 17:08:22 The central government has permitted more than 700 twelve-seat passenger buses in Ho Chi Minh City to continue operating until their functional expiry date, the municipal Department of Transport said Sunday. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44206 2008-12-01 17:10:41 A southern court Monday handed down the death sentence to 23-year-old Ho Duy Hai for robbing and murdering two female post office staff early this year. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44213 2008-12-02 11:33:24 Further probe will be conducted into a human trafficking ring that has reportedly snared at least 100 women and sold them to men in several Asian countries and territory over the last three years, police said Monday. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44218 2008-12-02 11:35:52 Vietnam’s northern Lang Son Province and the neighboring Chinese province of Guangxi cooperated to release 500,000 fish fry worth VND500 million (US$29,000) into Ky Cung River in Trang Dinh District Monday. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44224 2008-12-02 11:40:18 At Wednesday’s People’s Council meeting, criticism was aimed at public works and a lack of progress on a campaign to make the city more ‘civilized.’ http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44251 2008-12-04 11:31:49 Three paramilitary officials have been accused of physically abusing a soldier from Military Zone No. 9 last weekend while he was on vacation in his hometown in southern Tien Giang Province. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44252 2008-12-04 11:34:22 The families of two Binh Duong Province secondary students are unhappy with the lack of action taken against bullies who extorted millions of dong out of their children. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44253 2008-12-04 11:37:47 A fire completely destroyed a 700-square-meter workshop in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District Wednesday, 70 kilometers northwest of the city center. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44254 2008-12-04 11:38:14 Police in central Quang Nam Province Wednesday found the director of a local VietinBank branch storing illegal timber. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44255 2008-12-04 11:47:29 A fire Tuesday destroyed two storerooms in central Da Nang City hospital. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44279 2008-12-04 12:13:22 Ho Chi Minh City authorities and artists have questioned the claims made by several acting and modeling “schools.” http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44281 2008-12-04 12:28:33 Citizens shouldn’t have to bear the financial and social costs wreaked by polluting firms, legislators say. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44286 2008-12-04 12:32:24 A Phu Yen Province businessman, who was given an entrepreneurial award last year, is one of several award-winning business people who have recently fallen foul of the law. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44288 2008-12-04 12:33:27 A female chief judge has been sacked after she attacked a karaoke girl who was “entertaining” her husband several months ago in southern Binh Phuoc Province. http://daily.vietnamtravelnews.net/society/3/44289 2008-12-04 12:41:39