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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

- Saigon wants to remove tuition fees for secondary school students. [Dan Tri]

- The HCMC tax department named and shamed 333 companies owning more than VND299 billion in tax. [Dan Tri]

- HCMC is drafting a plan to lure young talents with attractive salary and cash support. [VietnamNet]

Vietnam

- VNA adjusts schedules for flights to and from Hong Kong to avoid Typhoon Mangkhut. [VOV]

- Vietnam is among the world's nine countries that pay the highest salaries for ESL teachers. [VOV]

- Vietnam has banned imports of pork from Hungarian and Polish provinces over African swine fever outbreaks. [VnExpress]

- 13 people died and three others were severely injured as a truck-bus crash in Lai Chau. [VnExpress]

Other

- All you need to know about Mangkhut and what makes it a super typhoon. [Straits Times]

- Asian Games experience shows Indonesia cannot run from pollution problems. [Asian Correspondent]

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