VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat urged localities to control the use of prohibited substances in livestock breeding and suggested stricter punishments for violations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Unnatural and harmful fishing methods are depleting fish stocks in unsustainable ways across the country, but localities lack the means to stop them, a Tin Tuc report says.

 VietNamNet Bridge – People who perpetrate violations against children by failing to offer them adequate care and protection or by using them for exploitative purposes are now to get stricter punishments,