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Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them into short, accessible links so you can easily keep up with current affairs.

Saigon

- Police arrest members of pickpocket gang targeting bus passengers in Ho Chi Minh City. [Tuoi Tre]

- Hanoi, HCM City build smoke-free environments in public areas. [VietnamNet]

- Apartment prices rising faster than rents in Saigon. [VnExpress]

Vietnam

- Suspects arrested for contaminating Hanoi tap water. [VietnamNet]

- Voluntary boat rescue team established in Quang Binh. [Dan Tri]

- Deputy PM urges to speed up Hanoi’s metro projects. [Dan Tri]

- Da Nang violated land regulations on key peninsula: inspectors. [VnExpress]

- Vietnamese company sells Chinese cars with illicit ‘nine-dash line’ maps. [Tuoi Tre]

Other

- First all-woman space walk puts spotlight on spacesuit design. [National Geographic]

- As rapes rise in Myanmar, augmented reality could help smash sex taboos. [Japan Times]

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