Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for enhancing prevention and containment efforts in the fight against African swine fever (ASF).

Vietnamese people can control their own forest resources, ensure food security and diversify their income by using Management Information System for Forest Sector in Vietnam (FORMIS).

 The military has seized control in Zimbabwe but has said President Robert Mugabe, in power since 1980, is safe.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Health announced at its press conference on August 4 in Hanoi about the free vaccination campaign against measles and rubella that Vietnam has controlled measles as during 7 first months,

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc confirmed the Government has been cautious in public debts management via stabilising the macro economy and improving the investment environment as he took the floor at the Q&A session. 

The Republicans have won control of the Senate in the US mid-term elections, increasing their power in the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Total funds provided to cover any risk reached VND77.3 trillion (US$3.6 billion) by the end of June, up 10.9 per cent over the 2013-end figure.

VietNamNet Bridge –Viet Nam hopes to control environmental pollution at the source, deputy director general of the Viet Nam Environment Administration, Tran The Loan, told the Thoi bao Kinh te Newspaper

 VietNamNet Bridge – The organizations and individuals using the digital signature services provided by foreign firms such as VeriSign or Global Sign have been told that they are breaking the Vietnamese laws.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Around 20 websites may be fined for violations related to copyright issues and unlicensed operation, as well as distortion of information in their publications.

Despite a lot of efforts, the watchdog agencies still fail to control the formula prices. The market remains chaotic because of low quality products and sky high prices.