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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 auction bus advertising space again. [VietnamNet]

- HCMC sets target of innovative city. [SGGP]

- HCM City to tackle delayed projects that affect citizens. [VietnamNet]

Vietnam

- Vietnamese academic honoured by Queen's University Belfast. [Dan Tri]

- VTVcab brings first Japanese TV channel to Vietnamese audience. [SGGP]

- Central Vietnamese forest suffers from illegal logging, lack of oversight. [Tuoi Tre]

- VND100bn project to protect gray-shanked douc langurs started. [Dan Tri]

- Grab faces hefty fine for alleged violations in acquiring Uber Vietnam. [Tuoi Tre]

Other

- US reverses course, targets Vietnamese immigrants for deportation again. [VnExpress]

- Are universities responsible for graduate employability? [Asian Correspondent]

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