Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has signed a decision to form a national steering committee on the prevention and control of African Swine Fever (ASF), which is headed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World), the leading mobile phone retail chain, has become the newest player in the watch distribution market. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamobile has petitioned the Prime Minister to create a fair policy on frequency brand allocation.

 Vietnam resolutely protests against Taiwan (China)’s live-fire exercise around Ba Binh (Itu Aba) island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

VietNamNet Bridge - The most unexpected news of the 2019 shareholders’ meeting season was the ‘power transfer’ of some well-known businessmen who announced their retirement.

 The ninth International Congress of the Asia-Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC) opened in the central city of Da Nang on March 20.

 The first batch of VinFast Lux cars have shipped to 14 countries in four continents for quality and safety tests.

 The Vietnamese rubber industry enjoyed robust growth in exports but experienced a fall in export prices in the first two months of 2019.

 The US-based Warburg Pincus wants to sell a third of its holding, equal to 50 million shares, in Vietnamese real estate and retail firm Vincom Retail, Bloomberg has reported.

 Naval ship HQ 012-Ly Thai To of Brigade 162 of the Naval Region 4 on March 20 left for Malaysia to attend the 2019 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA 2019), which will take place on March 26-30. 

 Le Dinh Tho, Deputy Minister of Transport, said at a meeting on March 19 Tuesday in Ha Noi that the ministry chose ACV because of its experience in the field in Viet Nam. 

 Vietnam has risen one place to be ranked 94th out of 156 countries in the latest World Happiness Report.

Two students, Vu Hoang Viet and Vu Thi Phuong Trang, from the HCM City Architecture University want bikes to be used regularly for tourism purposes on some streets and are trying to turn the idea into reality with their Bike-Sharing project.

 An American tourist travelling around Asia has died after jumping from a road bridge in Hanoi on Thursday morning.

 More than 1,000 workers at a wholly Taiwanese-invested company in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have gone on strike to demand for salary and meal quality improvement.

 People in the central province of Quang Nam have set up farms and houses to scam compensation money from some local projects.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has submitted a project on a horse racing course to the PM for approval.

VietNamNet Bridge - Analysts believe the goal to increase the number of investors in securities is within reach as Vietnam’s stock market is expected to be upgraded to a secondary emerging market.

 Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh had a working session in Moscow on March 20 with First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Ivan Melnikov to discuss issues related to the overseas Vietnamese community.

 The Hanoi People’s Court opened a trial on March 21 for two ex-leaders of the Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro on the charge of “abusing position and power to appropriate assets.”