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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

- HCMC proposes lifting social distancing order. [Saigon Times]

- HCMC hospitality industry counts Q1 damage. [VnExpress]

Vietnam

- Five more Covid-19 patients discharged from hospital. [Saigon Times]

- Digital economy contributes to 16.5 percent of Vietnam labor productivity growth. [SGGP]

- VN aims to reduce malnutrition among ethnic minority children to below 15%. [SGGP]

- Vietnam’s megaairport project moves forward as compensation plan approved. [Tuoi Tre]

- Hotels setting up for post-pandemic boom. [VietnamNet]

- Covid-19-hit Vietnamese people in Indonesia to be repatriated. [Dan Tri]

Other

- South Koreans return to work, crowd parks, malls as social distancing rules ease. [Tuoi Tre]

- Man arrested in Ireland in connection with deaths of 39 Vietnamese: UK police. [Reuters]

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