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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

- Increasing population and superstitions about lucky birth years are putting huge pressure on Saigon schools. [VietnamNet]

Vietnam

- The retail market has maintained a stable growth rate of 10% in recent years. [VietnamNet]

- KJSM World have requested its Thailand partners to impose geographical restrictions to prevent the Vietnamese from watching ASIAD. [Dan Tri]

- FLC Group has officially launched Bamboo Airways which is scheduled to provide its first flights in October this year. [Dan Tri]

- Vietnamese men’s volleyball team pulled off an amazing victory against China on Monday. [VnExpress]

- More than 34 houses and a storehouse in Kien Giang province were unroofed and damaged when heavy rain and a spate of tornadoes hit. [VOV]

- Vietnam was the world’s fifth largest instant noodles consumer in 2017, consuming 5.06 billion packs. [VnExpress]

Other

- Apple said Monday it had removed many gambling-related apps from its Chinese app store. [Channel News Asia]

- The Indonesian island of Lombok was reeling on Monday from two earthquakes that killed at least 14 people a day earlier. [New York Times

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