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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
- Industrial waste has been piling up on several streets in HCMC, hurting the quality of life of local residents. [Dan Tri]
- A man died as a result of a fire which engulfed a three-storey house in Hoc Mon District on the afternoon of August 27. [VOV]
Vietnam
- Nearly 10,000 members of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association created three million jobs in 2015–2018. [Dan Tri]
- Bui Thi Thu Thao earned Vietnamese athletics' first ever Asiad gold medal, and the country's second gold this year, with a best jump of 6.55 meters. [VnExpress]
- Vietnamese men drink over five standard drinks a day on average, according to the 2016 Global Burden of Disease Study. [VnExpress]
- The price of iPhone X and iPhone 8/8 Plus has dropped sharply just after one year of launch in Vietnam. [VietnamNet]
- The owners of Shopee, Lazada and Tiki, the best known e-commerce websites in Vietnam, all are foreigners. [VietnamNet]
- In the first eight months of the year, FDI-registered capital has seen a year-on-year increase of 4.2 percent to $24.35 billion. [SGGP]
Other
- Thailand is seeing an increasing number of Chinese property buyers who identify as LGBT. [Asian Correspondent]
- A bomb blast tore through a crowd at a festival in the Philippines on Tuesday, killing one person and wounding dozens more. [Channel News Asia]
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