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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 plans to sell 7,000 resettlement apartments. [SGGP]

- Nearly 100,000 foreigners enjoy lunar new year in HCMC. [SGGP]

Vietnam

- Another Vietnamese officer assigned peacekeeping duty in South Sudan. [VietnamNet]

- Long Thành airport construction set for 2020 start. [Dan Tri]

- 13,500 trees planted along highways in Vietnam. [VietnamNet]

- Vietnamese youth flock to visit pagoda to pray for Valentine’s Day love. [Tuoi Tre]

- Passenger bus with burst tire slams into house in Nha Trang. [Tuoi Tre]

- Hanoi five-star hotels fully booked ahead US-North Korea Summit. [Dan Tri]

Other

- Lovers, comrades! Forbidden love in North Korea finds a way in Vietnam. [Reuters]

- Africa’s Black Panthers Emerge From a Century in the Shadows. [New York Times]

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