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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

- HCM City to study foreign policies on smart cities. [VietnamNet]

- HCMC Chairman calls for more support for poor people. [SGGP]

Vietnam

- Vietnam Airlines receives global 4-star official airline ratings. [Dan Tri]

- Hanoi metro line trains to cost US$128m. [Dan Tri]

- Vietnam welcomes 11.6 million foreign tourists in nine months. [VietnamNet]

- Traffic accidents cause VND50 trillion in losses to Vietnam a year. [VOV]

- AEON sells stake in Vietnamese supermarket chain. [VnExpress]

Other

- Four Vietnamese are passengers on plane crash near Papua New Guinea. [VnExpress]

- Indian top court declares adultery no longer illegal. [Asian Correspondent]

- Indonesia earthquake and tsunami death toll surpasses 830. [CNN]

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