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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 requests more guidelines on construction of mix-use buildings like condotels and officetels. [VietnamNet]

- HCMC Department of Transport has increased car parking fees on local roads from August. [DTI]

- A workshop on taking a gap year will be held in Saigon this weekend. [Saigon Times]

Vietnam

- German disco band Boney M will perform in Nha Trang this August. [VietnamNet]

- Five short film projects will receive funding of VND200 million each from South Korean CJ. [DTI]

- Vinamilk and Viettel remain on top of Forbes Vietnam's list of top 40 most valueable brands. [VnExpress]

- Con Cung, Vietnam’s largest baby products chain, has been using false labels to mislead its customers. [VnExpress]

- Vietnam could lose five million jobs to automation by 2020. [SGGP]

Other

- Grab is going to announce its recent attainment of US$1 billion in investment. [Channel News Asia]

- Thousands in Cambodia are displaced by the deluge following the dam collapse in Laos. [New York Times]

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