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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 has called on the Defense Ministry to speed up handover of land to start building the Thu Thiem 2 Bridge. [VnExpress]

- Transport Minister Nguyen Van The suggests that HCMC pay attention to improving transportation infrastructure outside Tan Son Nhat during expansion. [VnExpress]

- Saigon seeks funds for improving traffic infrastructure. [SGGP]

- Saigon's department of information has introduced for the first time a framework for the city's e-government system. [VietnamNet]

Vietnam

- Vietnam exports 1.8 million tons of petroleum in first seven months. [Dan Tri]

- A landslide last Friday in Lai Chau killed six victims, injured two and left five others missing. [Dan Tri]

- VNPT will converse all 11-digit phone numbers into 10-digit ones in September. [SGGP]

- Is Vietnam heading toward an economic crisis in 2019, according to the cycle? [VietnamNet]

Other

- A Vietnamese woman living in Singapore was jailed for murdering her stepdaughter's parrot. [Straits Times]

- Humans are giving many other species cancer. [Cosmos Magazine]

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