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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 Football Club fire Japanese coach Toshiya Miura. [Dan Tri]

- Impounded vehicles on the rise in HCM City, Dong Nai. [Dan Tri]

Vietnam

- Vietnam destinations among Asia’s hidden gems that make the US look like a dump. [VietnamNet]

- Health ministry kicks off campaign to prevent measles, HFM outbreak. [VietnamNet]

- Man arrested for trafficking people to Taiwan. [VnExpress]

- 62-year-old woman, son travel across Vietnam by motorbike. [VnExpress]

- Hanoi inaugurates factory using Duong River’s surface water. [VOV]

- Chess team earns Vietnam two more golds at Asian Para Games. [SGGP]

Other

- Alternative Nobel literature prize goes to Maryse Condé. [The Guardian]

- How Japan’s Yakuza mob ’employs’ the homeless for Tokyo’s Olympics. [Asian Correspondent]

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